http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151228161245.htm
Disclaimer: "The study focuses on a subset of ALS cases -- an estimated 1 to 2 percent -- that are associated with variations in a protein known as SOD1. However, even in patients without mutations in their SOD1 gene, this protein has been shown to form potentially toxic clumps."
My personal feelings about this: don't get me wrong, this discovery is obviously a great thing for people suffering from the SOD1 type, but it makes one wonder: "Then the cause of SOD1 types isn't the same as the sporadic and other genetic ones, so these have yet to be found". That's not so cheering for the rest of us. I for one thought that the definite answer would come out from the TDP-43 studies.
Disclaimer: "The study focuses on a subset of ALS cases -- an estimated 1 to 2 percent -- that are associated with variations in a protein known as SOD1. However, even in patients without mutations in their SOD1 gene, this protein has been shown to form potentially toxic clumps."
My personal feelings about this: don't get me wrong, this discovery is obviously a great thing for people suffering from the SOD1 type, but it makes one wonder: "Then the cause of SOD1 types isn't the same as the sporadic and other genetic ones, so these have yet to be found". That's not so cheering for the rest of us. I for one thought that the definite answer would come out from the TDP-43 studies.