Human-cell-derived model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis provides a new way to study the majority of cases
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
For decades, scientists have studied a laboratory mouse model that develops signs of the paralyzing disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as they age. Researchers have now developed a new model of ALS, one that mimics sporadic ALS, which represents about 90 percent of all cases.