Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Scan of human genome finds over 50 genetic abnormalities in people with Lou Gehrig disease
Published in Genomics and Genetics Weekly, January 5th, 2007
The most common of these abnormalities have never before been shown to play a role in the disease.
TGen researchers, announcing the findings at an international ALS conference in Japan, said the identified differences implicate genes likely to play a role in cell function that controls nerve adhesion, offering a major new avenue for ALS research. TGen researchers...
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