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Researchers observed that in mice with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, microglia—the brain’s resident immune cells—actively engulfed living motor neurons. This phagocytic activity occurred through an immune pathway not previously linked to neuron loss in ALS. The finding highlights a potential new mechanism contributing to the progressive degeneration of motor neurons that underlies the disease’s muscle weakness and paralysis.

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