Cultured glial cells are resistant to the effects of motor neurone disease-associated SOD1 mutations
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This study was supported by the Motor Neurone Disease Association, UK and the Wellcome Trust. P.J.S. was supported as a Wellcome Senior Fellow in Clinical Science.
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