How fruit flies can help us understand diseases such as ALS

How fruit flies can help us understand diseases such as ALS

If we can understand exactly how neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS progress in fruit flies, we may also gain valuable insights into how these diseases develop in humans. Research by neurobiologist Marije Been of Radboud University shows that the formation of certain protein clumps may mark the onset of ALS. She will defend her Ph.D. thesis on this topic on 21 October.