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.

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