Mouse Study Reveals Clues to Lou Gehrig's Disease
Submitted by Natural Solutio... on Mon, 2002-08-26 20:07Mon Aug 26, 2002
By Keith Mulvihill
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers from the National Institutes of Health believe that a study in mice that identified abnormalities in lipid, or fat, metabolism may shed light on how the motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, develops.
The findings may one day lead to new therapies that could delay the progression of the fatal disease, explained lead researcher Dr. Mark K.