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Northwestern University: ALS therapy should target brain, not just spine

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The brain is indeed a target for treating ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered. This flips a long-standing belief that the disease starts in the spinal motor neurons and any therapy would need to target the spine as the key focus. A new Northwestern study shows the degeneration of brain motor neurons […]