CNIO researchers discover the cause of neuronal death in a large proportion of familial ALS patients

(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncol ó gicas (CNIO)) The researchers attribute the loss of motor neurons in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) to a new mechanism that blocks any cellular reaction that involves nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)Many cellular processes involving nucleic acids fail in the motor neurons of ALS patients; the mechanism discovered by the CNIO group finally explains these widespread problems that have been reported for yearsThe paper is published this week in 'The EMBO Journal'
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