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European researchers are pioneering a vaccine and treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
ALS is characterized by the progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain.
The planned vaccine has the potential to slow or even prevent the progression of ALS in C9-ALS patients.
Previous results from a prototype vaccine in mice have been promising.
Scientists have found a way to deliver proteins with neurotrophic-factor properties to the brain.
These proteins are so-called neurotrophic factors.
They are too big to cross the blood brain barrier, which is a protective filter in the brain that allows only certain substances to pass through.
Pre-clinical trials in mice have shown that this treatment works, protecting and restoring motor neurons.
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