Guest researcher : Adrian ISAACS, "c9orf72 gene in FTD and ALS"

Published on: 30/05/2016 Reading time: 1 min

Professor Adrian Isaacs, neuroscientist at the London University College (UCL), was the Institut du Cerveau - ICM's guest on April 18, 2016. On this occasion, he discusses his research on C9orf72 gene, which unusual mutation is at the origin of two related diseases : frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

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