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Motor neuron toxin associated with ALS identified
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Motor neuron toxin associated with ALS identified

by Jim Fessenden, University of Massachusetts Medical School Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international team of investigators has discovered that an inorganic polyphosphate released by nerve cells known as astrocytes in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) contributes to the motor neuron death that is the signature of these diseases. The...