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).