Team 5

ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is neurodegenerative disease that affects both the brain and locomotor functions.  It attacks the nervous system and primarily causes muscle weakness which in turn can visibly seen through physical failure. We have gotten far enough to create medication for it to slow down its symptoms or relieve some of its discomfort but ultimately there is no cure. Our group research chose to work with the fly gene: D11 which had a human ortholog: DLX2 to model the disease. DLX2 is a protein coding gene that plays a role as a transcriptional activator and in chromatin bonding.