One gene predicts rapid ALS progression 80 percent of the time
Friday, December 7, 2012 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
The debilitating symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, appear to be increased by a lack of inflammation-reducing T cells, and the expression of a gene that controls production of anti-inflammatory T cells (FoxP3) predict how quickly the disease will progress.