Microglia caught eating living motor neurons in ALS mice via unexpected immune pathway

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is simply a neurodegenerative illness that, according to the CDC, presently affects astir 35,000 Americans—with 5,000 much diagnosed each year. Risk climbs with age, and treatments lone dilatory progression. With nary cure and an aging population, scientists are urgently seeking insights that could alteration those devastating outcomes.