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Researchers Create Multidimensional Gene Expression Atlas, Offering Unprecedented Detail into ALS Disease Progression

New York, NY (April 4, 2019) — ALS researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) have utilized new technologies for mapping gene expression in spinal cord samples that provide new insights into the mechanisms that contribute to disease onset and progression in ALS patients. In a global collaboration that included scientists at the Simons […]

A new approach for rare variation collapsing on functional protein domains implicates specific genic regions in ALS.

Unexpected similarities between C9ORF72 and sporadic forms of ALS/FTD suggest a common disease mechanism.

Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

NYGC Contributes to New ALS Gene Discovery

NEW YORK, NY (March 21, 2018) — Hemali Phatnani, PhD, Director of the Center for Genomics of Neurodegenerative Disease (CGND) at the New York Genome Center (NYGC), and the NYGC ALS Consortium, a worldwide collaborative effort initiated by the CGND just over three years ago to advance study of the disease, are part of the […]