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Grant terminations at Harvard have affected research on antibiotic resistance, identifying the earliest precursors of breast cancer and finding cures for ALS.

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Scientists found that stabilizing stress granules suppresses the effects of ALS-causing mutations, correcting previous models that imply stress granules promote amyloid formation.

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Genetic mutations in many forms of ALS lead to early problems with the transport and function of mitochondria, a study found.

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Typically, the goal of ALS treatments is to slow the disease or halt progression. But new data from the antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) jacifusen for FUS-ALS show that two patients went beyond the ...