Storm of 'awakened' transposons may cause brain-cell pathologies in ALS, other illnesses
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
A team of neuroscientists and informatics experts reports important progress in an effort to understand the relationship between transposons -- sequences of DNA that can jump around within the genome, potentially causing great damage -- and mechanisms involved in serious neurodegenerative disorders including ALS, FTLD (frontotemporal lobar degeneration) and Alzheimer's disease.