What percentage of ALS is genetic?

Thursday, June 22, 2017 - 09:12 in Health & Medicine

Up to 90 percent of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) report that they have no family history of the disease. Now, new research has found approximately 17 percent of such ALS cases may be caused by a gene mutation, according to a study.

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