Juan Alberto Ortega Cano

Juan Alberto Ortega Cano

Juan Alberto Ortega Cano
Position

Ramón y Cajal Research Professor, Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

"Promising" new strategy for ALS using stem cells created from patients

Researchers in the United States have used stem cells created from patients with a very rare type of ALS, more prevalent in Brazil, to target a key gene in the stress response and reverse the damage suffered by motor neurons in the laboratory. They believe it is "a promising proof-of-concept for future therapeutic strategies" and "could help lay the foundation for genetically informed clinical trials".

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