November 17, 2017

Video: How to reverse protein clumping, a hallmark of ALS

by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Watch this UNC School of Medicine Science Short featuring Todd Cohen, PhD, and his lab's work on the underpinnings of two debilitating diseases.

Todd Cohen, PhD, and his neurology lab have been working on understanding and reversing the clumping that scientists believe is a major factor in  (ALS) and sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM).

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