The Conversation – ALS breakthrough

Diabetes drug metformin shows promise in a mouse study for a common type of ALS

By Laura P.W. Ranum, Ph.D.

Laura P.W. Ranum, Ph.D. Laura P.W. Ranum, Ph.D. Louis Brems

Repeating theme in ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases

One mutation, two RNAs and six unexpected proteins

als Laura P.W. Ranum, Ph.D., and Tao Zu, M.D., review results in their lab at the Center for NeuroGenetics. Louis Brems

Metformin shows promise for C9-ALS/FTD and other expansion disease