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Scientists Discover Immune Cells Are Eating Living Neurons in ALS
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- Salk Institute scientists found that immune cells in the central nervous system identify and kill specific nerve cells in the spinal cords of mice with late-stage ALS, worsening the disease
- The findings could help inform new approaches to cancer and autoimmune therapies
- In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the nerve cells that control movement gradually die, [
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Salk Institute scientists found that immune cells in the central nervous system identify and kill specific nerve cells in the spinal cords of mice with late-stage ALS, worsening the disease. The findings could help inform new approaches to cancer and autoimmune therapies. In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the nerve cells that control movement gradually die, [...]
