Sunday, February 03, 2008

Targeting Astrocytes Slows Disease Progression In Lou Gehrig's Disease, Study Shows

Source: University of California - San Diego
February 3, 2008

Summary:

In what the researchers say could be promising news in the quest to find a therapy to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have shown that targeting neuronal support cells called astrocytes sharply slows disease progression in mice.