It took eight long years of research, but now an international team led by neuroscientists at Université de Montréal has discovered a basic molecular mechanism that better helps understand how Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), works.
And that basic science could someday lead to new therapy for the debilitating disease, which cripples people by removing the brain’s ability to communicate with their muscles, eventually leading to paralysis and early death.
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