Mouse motor neurons, CNIO (IMAGE)

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

Mouse motor neurons, CNIO

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Mouse motor neurons, generated from mouse embryonic stem cells exposed (right) or not (left) to ALS-associated peptides (right). As observed in patients, these peptides are toxic and cause neuronal death.

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