Scientists have developed a new test for a biomarker in brain tissue that could detect people who will go on to develop motor neuron disease (MND) before they show symptoms. The team, led by Dr ...

Motor neurone disease is a rare condition of the nervous system that leads to loss of muscle control. The disease leads to progressive weakness, muscle wastage and eventually disability.

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers targeting a group of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases have found success ...

Today the victim of motor neurone disease, he hasn't the strength to open a packet of crisps. Here he tells how his life has changed beyond recognition in less than a year. Eight months ago I ...

It’s the diagnosis that everyone dreads. Motor neurone disease (MND) is a progressive and, as yet, incurable illness that results in gradual paralysis and death, almost certainly within one to ...

A large, retrospective analysis of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) indicates that a substantial proportion of PMA patients develop upper ...

There's no doubt that exercise does a body good. Regular activity not only strengthens muscles but can bolster our bones, ...

As the team further acknowledged in their newly released paper, while such results indicate a potential role for muscle contraction in mediating motor neuron growth, “the difficulty of deconvolving ...

But sheriff Alastair Carmichael is slowly being robbed of his ability to speak after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The 61-year-old has now turned to AI technology to enable him ...

Professor Paul Chazot of Durham University, lead supervisor of the study, added: "I have been looking for a drug like Ellorarxine for over 30 years. "It addresses the '3Ns' which provides a ...

Motor neurone disease (MND) is a group of diseases with multiple causes, rather than a single disease with a single target. This is likely to have major implications for potential MND therapies. We ...