an ALS Hypothesis

[John H.]

I thought it may have been a SOD problem, but haven't managed to have a
close look at it yet. Isn't there a familial tendency here also?

Would someone more knowledgeable than the current authors in this thread
care to enlighten? I know something about apoptosis etc but ALS .... .


John.

kenneth Collins <kpaulc at earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:389453C7.9DAD36B3 at earthlink.net...
> kenneth Collins wrote:
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> > be back with the ALS hypothesis later.
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> > because ALS is a 'Disease' process, i'll expect anyone who can to
contribute, pro or con,
> > Forthrightly (no need for 'tip-toing' on my account), with none of our
typical 'waste'. the
> > sufferring will, then, be in our imediate presence, and we must be 'good
soldiers' on behalf of
> > those who suffer.
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> first, here's a URL that gives a view into the 'genetic' approach to ALS
(you might have to copy the
> URL to a text file and join it back together if your browser breaks it up
because of its length):
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http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/18/9/3241?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=
10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=Amytrophic+lateral+sclerosis&searchid=QID_NOT
_SET&FIRSTINDEX=0
>

> K. P. Collins
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