Role of key protein in ALS and frontotemporal dementia identified

Friday, January 15, 2010 - 01:21 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have identified the reason a key protein plays a major role in two neurodegenerative diseases. They have found how the protein TDP-43 may cause the neurodegeneration associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusion bodies (FTLDu).

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