AC Immune, UPenn to Research TDP-43 in Neurodegenerative Diseases

TDP-43, a DNA-binding protein, is a target of growing interest for neuro-orphan indications

AC Immune SA entered a research partnership with leading scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) focused on studying the pathological mechanisms of TDP-43 misfolding and aggregation.   TDP-43 is a recently identified target of growing interest for neuro-orphan indications such as frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It also plays an important role in other significant neurodegenerative indications such ...

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