Summaries by Inventor Koval, Erica

microRNA biomarker and drug target for ALS and other motor neuron diseases
Dougherty, Joseph ; Hoye, Mariah ; Hyman, Theodore ; Koval, Erica ; Miller, Timothy
T-015167

— Prof. Timothy Miller and colleagues have identified a motor neuron-specific, drug responsive microRNA (miR-218) that reflects the pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This biomarker could be a target for therapeutic intervention or a proxy for motor neuron health and survival, including…