Families affected by a combination of frontotemporal dementia and the amyotrophic form of motor neuron disease (MND) have helped scientists to discover a genetic mutation on chromosome 9 that may account for around 12% of familial frontotemporal dementia, and as much as 22% of familial MND

The discovery was made independently by two international groups of researchers and reported in the leading international journal Neuron on September 21.

One study, led by Dr Rosa Rademakers of the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville involved researchers from University of California, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and University of British Columbia. The discovery emerged from the identification and analysis of a large ki ... Citeşte în continuare »

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