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The SOD1 mouse develops an ALS-like disease that researchers hope overlaps enough with human ALS that mouse responses to treatment might predict human responses. SOD1 gene mutations, however, cause a familial (inherited) form of human ALS thatâs present in only 1 percent to 3 percent of ALS cases. For some 90 percent of patients, the disease isnât familial. Its onset is unpredictable (sporadic) and the cause is unknown.
Familial ALS is caused by a mutation. A mutation is a genetic change or abnormality in a particular gene. Sorting out which gene is to blame is complicated. Humans have about 50,000 genes, and in most people with familial ALS scientists have not yet identified which gene is responsible for causing ALS.