A recent study of 20,806 ALS cases and 59,804 controls identified KIF5A as an ALS-associated gene [81] One study based on 250 sALS cases and 250 control cases from Chinese Han populations (CHP) was able to confirm the presence of five previously reported genetic variant loci present in other ALS populations as well as identifying eight novel genetic variant loci. The gene discussed is KIF5A; the disease is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.