New tool for understanding ALS: Patients' brain cells
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 09:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have transformed skin cells from patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), into brain cells affected by the progressive, fatal disease and deposited those human-made cells into the first public ALS cell library, enabling scientists to better study the disease.