New study suggests ALS could be caused by a retrovirus

Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 09:00 in Biology & Nature

A retrovirus that inserted itself into the human genome thousands of years ago may be responsible for some cases of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gherig's disease. The finding, made by Johns Hopkins scientists, may eventually give researchers a new way to attack this universally fatal condition...

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