Scientists discover gene associated with nerve disease
(AGI) Milan, Feb 20 - A gene that may cause more than onepercent of cases of the neurological disease AmyotrophicLateral Sclerosis (ALS) has been discovered by an internationalteam. There is no effective treatment for the disease. The teamincluded two Italian researchers, Vincenzo Silani and NicolaTicozzi of the Centro Dino Ferrari, Institute of ClinicalNeurology, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University ofMilan, reported the journal Science. The researchers performedwhole exome gene sequencing of 2,874 ALS patients and comparedthem to 6,405 controls. The non-canonical IKB kinase familyTANK-Binding Kinase 1 (TBK1) was identified as an