Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may involve a form of sudden, rapid ageing of the immune system

Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 05:14 in Health & Medicine

Premature ageing of the immune system appears to play a role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, according to research scientists from the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, and Sheba Medical Centre in Israel...

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