Brain disease mechanism discovered

Researchers at Israel’s Ben Gurion University and the University of California have discovered a new molecular mechanism in a mutant gene that governs how ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) attacks motor neurons. They have also identified that the protein MIF inhibits this mechanism. The discovery is also relevant to other neuro-degenerative diseases.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Health/BGU-and-University-of-California-researchers-discover-new-mechanism-in-Lou-Gehrigs-disease-394714

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