Find 'offers motor neurone hope'
Date: 9.10.2007
Scientists are hopeful that they have found a way to halt the progression of **motor neurone disease** (MND).
A team at Bath University discovered a causal link between the gene involved in the formation of blood vessels and the development of some forms of MND.
Mutant versions of the gene's product - **angiogenin** - are toxic to motor neurones, so blocking this process may stop the disease, they say.
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Scientist Stephen Hawking has motor neurone disease
Whole article on "BBC NEWS":[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7027670.stm]
