Genes Linked To Lou Gehrig’s Disease Identified By Michigan Tech Mathematicians

September 11 2009

Michigan Technological University researchers have linked three genes to the most common type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), generally known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Shuanglin Zhang, who holds the Richard and Elizabeth Henes Professorship in Mathematical Sciences, leads the team of mathematicians that isolated the genes from the many thousands scattered throughout human DNA.

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Genes Linked To Lou Gehrig’s Disease Identified By Michigan Tech Mathematicians

September 11 2009

Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

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