One Gene Predicts Rapid ALS Progression 80 Percent of the Time
Friday, December 7, 2012 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
The debilitating symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, appear to be increased by a lack of inflammation-reducing T cells, and the expression of a gene that controls production of anti-inflammatory T cells (FoxP3) predict how quickly the disease will progress.