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Article: ALS TDI Completes Gene Expression Profile of Lou Gehrig's Disease in Mice.
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- October 2, 2007
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Largest Target-Discovery Program Aimed at New Treatments for Fatal Disease
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) today announced that it has completed the first phase of a comprehensive gene-expression database for ALS with the profiling of the SOD1 mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. The second phase, profiling of human samples, is scheduled for completion by February of 2008. This study is part of the largest known target-discovery program aimed at developing new treatments for the fatal neuromuscular disease.
"This dataset is the foundation that will enable ...