ANG and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Since then, angiogenin has been identified as a molecule of interest in a number of physiological processes and pathologies, most noticeably tumorigenesis (Tsuji et al., 2005 ▸) and the neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s disease (reviewed by Prehn & Jirström, 2020 ▸).