ALS patients’ own cells may provide a safe pathway to slow or halt progression

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ALS patients’ own cells may provide a safe pathway to slow or halt progression

Removing ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patients’ own dysfunctional cells, fixing them, then putting them back in patients’ bodies is a safe, well tolerated process that has been shown to slow or halt disease progression in a small number of patients, according to a study by the Houston Methodist Research Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital.

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