Researchers identify motor neurone genes

AUSTRALIAN researcher have identified gene variants that are “promising candidates” for playing a role in the development of motor neurone disease.

AUSTRALIAN researchers have identified a host of genetic changes that underlie motor neurone disease, taking scientists a step closer to finding a potential treatment for the deadly illness.

CURRENTLY over 2000 Australians are living with motor neurone disease, the same condition that famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has lived with for half a century.