Adopting some of the strategies behind successfully treating the childhood disease spinal muscular atrophy may enable development of therapies to curb the muscle decline that accompanies aging, new ...

Scientists have developed a computer-based model that may explain how nerve cells become damaged in ALS, and how best to time ...

New research from the University of St Andrews, the University of Copenhagen and Drexel University has developed AI ...

A recent large study conducted in Sweden has found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution may increase ...

The test was developed by researchers at the US-based not-for-profit Brain Chemistry Labs, who analysed 788 blood samples – roughly half from patients with the disease and half from people without it.

A new genetic discovery adds weight to a theory that motor neurone degenerative diseases are caused by abnormal lipid (fat) processing pathways inside brain cells. This theory will help pave the way ...

Regular activity not only strengthens muscles but can bolster our bones, blood vessels, and immune system. MIT engineers have now found that exercise can also have benefits at the level of individual ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative neurological disorder that involves the death of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. This, over time, leads to the brain losing its ability ...

But his life changed dramatically with the onset of motor neurone disease (MND). He now uses a wheelchair and is cared for by his wife, Lindsey. Now, he's has launched podcast where he showcases ...