Neurone-damaging mechanism discovered in mouse model of inherited ALS

Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 04:43 in Biology & Nature

New research uncovers what may be a primary neurone-damaging insult that occurs in an inherited form of a devastating neurodegenerative disorder. The study, published by Cell Press in the August 26th issue of the journal Neuron, describes a critical mechanistic link between a mutant protein and disease pathogenesis in an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...

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