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3-D Changes in DNA May Lead to a Genetic Form of Lou Gehrig’s Disease

NIH-funded scientists reveal how a genetic code variation results in devastating brain diseases

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014.  New findings reveal how a mutation, a change in the genetic code that causes neurodegeneration, alters the shape of DNA, making cells more vulnerable to stress and more likely to die.

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Image of stem cells from a biopsy of an ALS patient

Nucleolin (green) is scattered throughout the nucleus (blue) in a motor neuron obtained from induced pluripotent stem cells generated from the skin biopsy of an ALS patient.…

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