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Cure for motor neurone disease?
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Registered: 05-07-2012
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I saw this article today "Have scientists found a cure..." and wondered if this is just another false alarm. If not, why couldn't this research apply to Kennedy's Disease?
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I am not a researcher or doctor, but this is what I know.

The research is preliminary and a long way from a trial (at least one year). ALS is an upper and lower motor neuron disease and KD is a lower motor neuron disease. The SOD1 gene is what is being focused on. It is a different gene than the one that has been associated with KD.

Yet, wouldn't it be wonderful if they could find a treatment for ALS.
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