Genetics and ALS: Cause for Optimism

While drug development has done little to slow the devastating symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), there is some good news in the fact that scientists have identified some 100 related genes and believe that genetic research offers the best hope for treatments. More good news came on the...

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Autor principal: Pochet, Roland
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Dana Foundation 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28698777
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Sumario:While drug development has done little to slow the devastating symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), there is some good news in the fact that scientists have identified some 100 related genes and believe that genetic research offers the best hope for treatments. More good news came on the heels of the Ice Bucket Challenge, which raised $220 million globally and has fueled renewed optimism and energy in the ALS community.

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