Commentary by Wright State researchers on Lou Gehrig’s disease featured in prestigious scientific journal

By Jim Hannah

June 30, 2017

A prestigious scientific journal that featured a paper on research into the causes of Lou Gehrig’s disease asked a team of Wright State University researchers conducting similar research to evaluate the findings and submit expert commentary to be published along with the paper.

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world’s most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, published a commentary, “Supersaturated proteins in ALS,” from Shulin Ju, assistant professor of biological sciences; Elliott Hayden, an M.D./Ph.D. student from Cleveland; and Alan