New clues about how amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) develops

Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Scientists say they have evidence from animal studies that a type of central nervous system cell other than motor neurons plays a fundamental role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal degenerative disease. The discovery holds promise, they say, for identifying new targets for interrupting the disease’s progress.

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