![Vanesa Lafarga, Óscar Fernández Capetillo and Oleksandra Sirozh at the National Cancer Research Center in Madrid.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/RXQHMRRLSVH6PEMO4FUK6UFDNE.jpg?auth=190a3f1d49703b65cca6a3a710996d93b6b8173341a569127106ba8a1333fd7c&width=414&height=233&focal=1352%2C812)
The coffee chat that shed light on one of the world’s most devastating diseases
Spanish scientist Óscar Fernández Capetillo discovered a mechanism underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) following a casual talk with a US Nobel prize winner
Spanish scientist Óscar Fernández Capetillo discovered a mechanism underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) following a casual talk with a US Nobel prize winner
The eldest son of the Sinaloa cartel chief has been freed from a US prison for cooperating with the authorities, but he remains the heir apparent to one of the world’s most powerful criminal groups