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Faulty transportation of messenger RNA is the culprit in ALS – EurekAlert
A team including Osaka University researchers has discovered a function for the protein missing in many types of ALS and FTLD, two neurodegenerative diseases. In neurons, the protein TDP-43 bound to messenger RNA that codes for pieces of ribosomes, the struct…
IMAGE: Model of ALS/FTLD pathology associated with abnormal deposition of TDP-43
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Credit: National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
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