The possible cause of hereditary ALS: “the accumulation of ‘junk proteins’ in motor neurons

  Research carried out by the Spanish biochemist Fernández-Capetillo explains the origin of this chronic and lethal disease     Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been cataloged by the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN) as the third most common neurodegenerative disease in Spain , only behind Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. This pathology, which does not have a specific pharmacological treatment…