WEBVTT 00:11.280 --> 00:13.280 What's up, sunshine? Happy Monday. I'm 00:13.280 --> 00:15.360 Ky Wire. This is CNN 10. Let's make this 00:15.360 --> 00:17.600 a motivation Monday. Remember, the 00:17.600 --> 00:19.520 strongest steel is burned in the hottest 00:19.520 --> 00:21.600 coals. We can learn strength through our 00:21.600 --> 00:23.359 struggles and our tough times can make 00:23.359 --> 00:25.119 us tougher. So, if you're having a tough 00:25.119 --> 00:28.640 time, smell the flowers, cool the soup, 00:28.640 --> 00:30.640 and keep on cooking. All right, a lot of 00:30.640 --> 00:32.559 news to get to. Only 10 minutes to do 00:32.559 --> 00:34.960 it. So, let's get to it. Working out in 00:34.960 --> 00:36.800 space, it's not exactly a walk in the 00:36.800 --> 00:38.559 park. It's more like a float in the 00:38.559 --> 00:40.399 void. And while astronauts already 00:40.399 --> 00:42.879 exercise in microgravity, they can lose 00:42.879 --> 00:45.200 up to 20% of their muscle mass in just 00:45.200 --> 00:48.079 two weeks and about 1 to 2% of their 00:48.079 --> 00:50.960 bone mineral density every month. The 00:50.960 --> 00:52.480 current gym equipment on the 00:52.480 --> 00:55.039 International Space Station is bulky. 00:55.039 --> 00:57.520 Now, a British startup though called 00:57.520 --> 00:59.920 Physical Mind London is testing a new 00:59.920 --> 01:02.000 smaller and more efficient device 01:02.000 --> 01:04.320 designed specifically for space. It's 01:04.320 --> 01:07.200 called Hi-Fi M, short for highfrequency 01:07.200 --> 01:09.439 impulse for microgravity. It allows 01:09.439 --> 01:11.840 astronauts to jump, hop, and resist 01:11.840 --> 01:14.640 train in space. No gravity required. 01:14.640 --> 01:17.040 It's being tested on parabolic flights 01:17.040 --> 01:18.720 where aircraft briefly create 01:18.720 --> 01:20.880 weightlessness, giving scientists a 01:20.880 --> 01:23.200 chance to take the workout for a spin 01:23.200 --> 01:25.520 around the stratosphere. This is a 01:25.520 --> 01:28.320 really unique piece of equipment. It 01:28.320 --> 01:31.920 enables over 300 exercises to take place 01:31.920 --> 01:34.560 in space. What this piece of equipment 01:34.560 --> 01:37.439 does, it enables individuals one to jump 01:37.439 --> 01:40.960 repeatedly in zero gravity and that is 01:40.960 --> 01:43.600 phenomenal for building bone and muscle 01:43.600 --> 01:46.479 mass and cardiovascular for people 01:46.479 --> 01:49.040 instantly. The key challenge is jumping 01:49.040 --> 01:51.600 without sending vibrations through a 01:51.600 --> 01:54.640 spacecraft. Hi-fi M solves that with two 01:54.640 --> 01:56.560 moving platforms that balance each other 01:56.560 --> 01:59.200 out, cancelling the force created during 01:59.200 --> 02:02.000 exercise. Developers hope the technology 02:02.000 --> 02:04.159 could help astronauts stay strong on 02:04.159 --> 02:06.399 future missions, including those heading 02:06.399 --> 02:09.360 to the moon. Now to an inspiring story 02:09.360 --> 02:11.360 in the world of medicine. A determined 02:11.360 --> 02:13.599 medical student racing to help find a 02:13.599 --> 02:15.520 cure for a devastating disease that 02:15.520 --> 02:18.800 could one day take her life. ALS, also 02:18.800 --> 02:20.720 known as Lou Garri's disease, is a 02:20.720 --> 02:22.720 progressive neurodeenerative disease 02:22.720 --> 02:24.800 that attacks nerve cells in the brain 02:24.800 --> 02:26.959 and spinal cord responsible for making 02:26.959 --> 02:29.280 our body's muscles work. People with the 02:29.280 --> 02:31.200 condition usually lose their ability to 02:31.200 --> 02:34.000 eat, speak, walk, and ultimately 02:34.000 --> 02:36.000 breathe. Little is known about what 02:36.000 --> 02:37.840 causes the fatal disease, and there is 02:37.840 --> 02:40.239 currently no cure. But even after 02:40.239 --> 02:42.800 learning that she is a genetic carrier 02:42.800 --> 02:45.280 for a rare form of the disease, Gentilli 02:45.280 --> 02:47.920 Sto Alrech isn't letting that stop her 02:47.920 --> 02:49.920 from finding new ways to treat and 02:49.920 --> 02:53.120 potentially cure it. Our affiliate KYW 02:53.120 --> 02:56.160 has more on this remarkable story. 02:56.160 --> 02:57.920 It's a race against time in this 02:57.920 --> 03:00.640 research lab for Gentile Sodto Alrech, 03:00.640 --> 03:03.840 who's an MD PhD student at the Pearlman 03:03.840 --> 03:05.040 School of Medicine. 03:05.040 --> 03:07.840 >> I'm not sure I'll survive this, but 03:07.840 --> 03:10.319 everything I do is towards that goal. 03:10.319 --> 03:12.640 >> Genetic testing shows the 32-year-old 03:12.640 --> 03:15.120 has the same form of ALS, Lug Gerri's 03:15.120 --> 03:18.480 disease, that killed her father in 2024. 03:18.480 --> 03:20.159 >> In that year, I was seeing my dad die of 03:20.159 --> 03:22.159 ALS the same way that I'm likely to die. 03:22.159 --> 03:25.920 And I felt like I had now uh a a 03:25.920 --> 03:28.000 deadline as to like how long I'd be able 03:28.000 --> 03:29.599 to live. And that felt really 03:29.599 --> 03:31.680 devastating in the moment. 03:31.680 --> 03:34.400 >> ALS becomes paralyzing. Gentill's dad 03:34.400 --> 03:36.560 was in a wheelchair at her wedding. His 03:36.560 --> 03:38.879 form of ALS that runs in the family is 03:38.879 --> 03:41.920 also linked to a form of dementia called 03:41.920 --> 03:43.200 FTD. 03:43.200 --> 03:46.159 >> My hope is to turn the needle towards 03:46.159 --> 03:50.000 making ALS and FTD survivable diagnosis. 03:50.000 --> 03:52.159 Currently, there's no cure and limited 03:52.159 --> 03:54.319 treatments. For Gentilly, the future 03:54.319 --> 03:56.720 depends on research. Big help is coming 03:56.720 --> 04:00.239 from Dr. Dna Amato, an ALS researcher at 04:00.239 --> 04:03.120 Penn, who also treated Gentill's dad. 04:03.120 --> 04:04.480 >> It's a really tough disease. 04:04.480 --> 04:05.920 >> The research here is focused on 04:05.920 --> 04:07.840 developing a gene therapy. 04:07.840 --> 04:10.239 >> So, in ALS, only motor neurons are 04:10.239 --> 04:11.920 affected by that disease right here, 04:11.920 --> 04:13.120 >> and that's these guys. 04:13.120 --> 04:15.439 >> Now, together in the lab, the doctor and 04:15.439 --> 04:18.320 students share a special mission. She is 04:18.320 --> 04:20.639 uh just really determined to put a dent 04:20.639 --> 04:22.000 in this disease and we share that 04:22.000 --> 04:22.960 determination. 04:22.960 --> 04:24.320 >> Research that they're hoping will 04:24.320 --> 04:27.759 someday be lifesaving. 04:27.759 --> 04:30.160 >> 10sec trivia. Which disease is the 04:30.160 --> 04:32.479 leading cause of irreversible blindness 04:32.479 --> 04:35.120 worldwide? Cataracts, glaucoma, macular 04:35.120 --> 04:40.440 degeneration, or diabetic retinopathy? 04:41.600 --> 04:44.320 Answer is glaucoma. a group of eye 04:44.320 --> 04:46.400 diseases that damage the optic nerve 04:46.400 --> 04:48.240 which sends visual information from the 04:48.240 --> 04:50.160 eye to the brain. According to the World 04:50.160 --> 04:51.919 Health Organization, around one out of 04:51.919 --> 04:54.479 every 200 people lives with legal 04:54.479 --> 04:57.120 blindness. The Winter Parolympics held 04:57.120 --> 04:58.800 their closing ceremony over the weekend 04:58.800 --> 05:00.960 and one team of athletes is hard at work 05:00.960 --> 05:03.280 to get their sport added to the summer 05:03.280 --> 05:06.400 parolympic program coming in 2028. Blind 05:06.400 --> 05:08.400 baseball is not currently among the 05:08.400 --> 05:10.479 events, but not because the sport can't 05:10.479 --> 05:12.960 be adapted, rather because it is not 05:12.960 --> 05:14.960 played at an international level in 05:14.960 --> 05:16.800 enough countries. You're about to meet a 05:16.800 --> 05:18.560 team of blind athletes who's trying to 05:18.560 --> 05:20.800 change that by popularizing the sport. 05:20.800 --> 05:24.639 CNN's Randy Kay has more. 05:24.639 --> 05:26.479 >> Got it. 05:26.479 --> 05:28.960 >> It's the most gratifying feeling ever 05:28.960 --> 05:31.759 for a blind person because somebody told 05:31.759 --> 05:33.280 you you couldn't play. That this game 05:33.280 --> 05:34.800 wasn't designed for you. 05:34.800 --> 05:36.639 >> Get it. Get coming. 05:36.639 --> 05:38.160 >> These players aren't waiting for a 05:38.160 --> 05:39.039 league. 05:39.039 --> 05:40.720 >> SECONDLY, 05:40.720 --> 05:41.919 >> THEY'RE BUILDING ONE. 05:41.919 --> 05:42.880 >> One out. 05:42.880 --> 05:45.440 >> Their goal, make blind baseball a 05:45.440 --> 05:46.639 parolympic sport. 05:46.639 --> 05:48.560 >> The second someone said Parolympics to 05:48.560 --> 05:50.960 me, I was like, I will do whatever it 05:50.960 --> 05:53.960 takes. 05:54.880 --> 05:56.639 >> Let's get some runs. Let's get some 05:56.639 --> 05:59.960 hits, baby. 06:00.720 --> 06:04.479 >> I am Kiana Vion Glanton. I am 42 and a2. 06:04.479 --> 06:06.080 How would you describe yourself as 06:06.080 --> 06:06.720 captain? 06:06.720 --> 06:08.720 >> I'm a bit of a taskmaster. Is there 06:08.720 --> 06:10.560 someone here that doesn't have something 06:10.560 --> 06:14.000 essential? I see so much potential in my 06:14.000 --> 06:15.120 teammates. 06:15.120 --> 06:17.440 >> Let's go, Janice. 06:17.440 --> 06:18.800 >> Play ball. 06:18.800 --> 06:21.199 >> How do they play blind baseball? The 06:21.199 --> 06:23.120 ball itself has a couple of chimes in it 06:23.120 --> 06:25.440 so the players can follow the sound and 06:25.440 --> 06:27.520 all the players are blindfolded to even 06:27.520 --> 06:29.520 the playing field. 06:29.520 --> 06:31.520 They hold the ball themselves, no 06:31.520 --> 06:33.840 pitcher. First base makes a beeping 06:33.840 --> 06:35.759 noise to guide them in. And there are 06:35.759 --> 06:37.840 two sighted coaches on second and third 06:37.840 --> 06:40.560 base with special clappers. The players 06:40.560 --> 06:42.160 run toward the noise. 06:42.160 --> 06:45.160 >> Beautiful. 06:52.479 --> 06:54.000 >> Rumor has it you're like the home run 06:54.000 --> 06:56.560 king. 06:56.560 --> 07:00.479 >> Um I love I mean I love to hit. Um 07:00.479 --> 07:03.680 >> don't be modest. 07:05.840 --> 07:08.720 to be on a baseball field, a place that 07:08.720 --> 07:14.360 has always brought me nothing but joy. 07:16.960 --> 07:19.360 It's like heaven. 07:19.360 --> 07:21.199 >> Some of these players were adults by the 07:21.199 --> 07:23.039 time they lost their vision. So for 07:23.039 --> 07:25.360 them, blind baseball is more than a 07:25.360 --> 07:26.000 sport. 07:26.000 --> 07:28.560 >> I'm a proud mom of one phenomenal little 07:28.560 --> 07:32.479 girl, my seeing eye daughter. Our 07:32.479 --> 07:35.280 life changed big time. I felt like my 07:35.280 --> 07:37.199 eyes betrayed me. I did not want this 07:37.199 --> 07:39.039 lifestyle and I certainly didn't want to 07:39.039 --> 07:41.199 be in the blind community. I smacked 07:41.199 --> 07:42.800 that ball for everything that I told 07:42.800 --> 07:44.800 myself I couldn't do. I'm breaking 07:44.800 --> 07:48.240 stereotypes and my baby is watching. 07:48.240 --> 07:50.080 >> Baseball helped Zach Ship learn to 07:50.080 --> 07:51.759 navigate the world again when he lost 07:51.759 --> 07:54.240 his sight 2 years ago very suddenly. Can 07:54.240 --> 07:55.360 you see me right now? 07:55.360 --> 07:55.840 >> No. 07:55.840 --> 07:56.800 >> Not at all. 07:56.800 --> 07:58.800 >> If I'm looking straight at you, no. And 07:58.800 --> 08:00.479 if you turned your head, 08:00.479 --> 08:02.720 >> if I look this way. Yes. 08:02.720 --> 08:03.840 >> But I'm blurry. 08:03.840 --> 08:06.879 >> Yes. The day we found out that my vision 08:06.879 --> 08:10.639 was what it was, um, was the hardest day 08:10.639 --> 08:13.960 of my life. 08:14.000 --> 08:18.240 I will do whatever I need to do to 08:18.240 --> 08:20.319 live the life that I want to live, to do 08:20.319 --> 08:22.400 the things that are going to bring me 08:22.400 --> 08:26.720 joy and live the fullest, most beautiful 08:26.720 --> 08:30.639 life that I want to live. 08:30.639 --> 08:32.800 >> You lose us and run with your speed, 08:32.800 --> 08:34.880 I'll kill you. 08:34.880 --> 08:37.440 God bless you. Last year, the team 08:37.440 --> 08:39.279 competed in the Blind Baseball 08:39.279 --> 08:41.360 International Cup featured in this 08:41.360 --> 08:44.320 upcoming documentary. These games raise 08:44.320 --> 08:46.560 the profile of the sport, but they need 08:46.560 --> 08:49.279 16 international teams to compete in the 08:49.279 --> 08:50.720 Parolympics 08:50.720 --> 08:53.040 >> to represent my city, my country, my 08:53.040 --> 08:55.839 friends, and my family proudly. It would 08:55.839 --> 09:00.640 mean everything to me. Play ball. 09:00.640 --> 09:04.279 >> It's a lead off. 09:08.080 --> 09:09.839 Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. 09:09.839 --> 09:11.279 Some old school tech forging 09:11.279 --> 09:13.519 crossgenerational connections. This is 09:13.519 --> 09:16.240 the call a boomer pay phone and it's 09:16.240 --> 09:17.760 exactly what it sounds like. It 09:17.760 --> 09:19.440 automatically connects college students 09:19.440 --> 09:21.680 on Boston University's campus with a 09:21.680 --> 09:23.920 total stranger at a senior living 09:23.920 --> 09:25.680 complex on the other side of the 09:25.680 --> 09:28.320 country. The goal of this unique popup 09:28.320 --> 09:30.320 is to connect baby boomers, the 09:30.320 --> 09:34.320 generation born between 1946 and 1964 09:34.320 --> 09:37.600 with Jenzers, born between 1997 and 09:37.600 --> 09:40.720 2012. It's a bid to spread happiness and 09:40.720 --> 09:42.880 curb loneliness. And before you ask, 09:42.880 --> 09:45.279 yes, the sister phone in Reno, Nevada is 09:45.279 --> 09:47.600 called the Call a Zoomer phone. Both 09:47.600 --> 09:49.600 have been big hits and great reminders 09:49.600 --> 09:52.240 that sometimes a few kind words can have 09:52.240 --> 09:53.200 big impacts. 09:53.200 --> 09:54.720 >> I love it. I mean, I think younger 09:54.720 --> 09:56.080 people and older people, I would argue, 09:56.080 --> 09:57.920 need to talk to each other more in the 09:57.920 --> 10:00.080 same place, but across the country is a 10:00.080 --> 10:01.519 good place to start. We've all forgotten 10:01.519 --> 10:02.880 that there are lots of ways to stay in 10:02.880 --> 10:04.560 touch and break loneliness and 10:04.560 --> 10:05.600 isolation. 10:05.600 --> 10:07.279 >> Like we always say, even if it's just 10:07.279 --> 10:08.800 making someone smile, we have the 10:08.800 --> 10:10.959 opportunity to be a spark of joy for 10:10.959 --> 10:12.880 someone who needs it each and every day. 10:12.880 --> 10:14.800 We are sending a spark of joy and a 10:14.800 --> 10:16.320 whole lot of gratitude all the way to 10:16.320 --> 10:19.360 the Philippines. Kumusta to Mr. Heenian 10:19.360 --> 10:21.440 friends at the International School of 10:21.440 --> 10:23.360 Manila. Thank you for watching us each 10:23.360 --> 10:25.760 and every day. And we have a shout out 10:25.760 --> 10:28.560 going to Mr. Redell at Dublin High 10:28.560 --> 10:30.800 School in Dublin, California. Look at 10:30.800 --> 10:33.519 these socks. Dub high, stay fly, rise 10:33.519 --> 10:36.000 up. I will be rocking this at the gym. 10:36.000 --> 10:37.760 Thank you so much. Hope you have a great 10:37.760 --> 10:39.920 start to your week. We have the power to 10:39.920 --> 10:41.440 make it a great week. So, let's do it. 10:41.440 --> 10:46.360 I'm Coy Wire and we are CNN 10.