The Scientist : Clues to cell death in ALS [1/11/2005]

Email: Susan Brown - meldahlbrown@hotmail.com
News from The Scientist 2005, 6(1):20051101-02

1 November 2005

Neuronal cells clogged with a mutant protein associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) die within hours after the clumps first form, researchers report in this month's Journal of Cell Biology. The finding directly links aggregation of malformed proteins with cell death characteristic of the disease, the authors claim.

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