Researchers pinpoint enzyme that triggers cell demise in ALS

Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 09:01 in Health & Medicine

Scientists from Harvard Medical School (HMS) have identified a key instigator of nerve cell damage in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a progressive and incurable neurodegenerative disorder. Researchers say the findings of their study, published Aug. 5 in the journalScience, may lead to new therapies to halt the progression of the uniformly fatal […]

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