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Hidden ancestral links found in motor neuron disease and dementia could speed up gene discovery
Researchers at the Macquarie University Brain Institute and Clinic have helped accelerate the search for disease-causing genes by building new genetic 'families.
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Researchers at the Macquarie University Brain Institute and Clinic have helped accelerate the search for disease-causing genes by building new genetic 'families.' The team uncovered hundreds of previously unrecognized family connections by analyzing the DNA of people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and motor neuron disease (MND). The researchers analyzed genetic data from 3,524 people with FTD and MND (also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS) from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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