A genetic screen for suppressors of neuron degeneration in a C. elegans sod-1G85R model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Genetic variants in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) cause the progressive neurodegenerative disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Treatments for this disease are limited, and the unique vulnerability of cholinergic and glutamatergic motor neurons to degeneration seen in ALS patients is not clearly understood. Iden...