You may already be familiar with ALS, especially if you took part in the viral ice bucket challenge to raise awareness of the condition back in 2014. Now the disease, which currently has no cure, is ...

Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). The 47-year-old flanker, who won several titles throughout his 16-year career, discovered he had the ...

Despite the pivotal role of motor neurons in movement, how a single motor neuron contributes to control during movement remains unclear. Measuring the activity of individual neurons in moving animals ...

Drugs that "switch on" vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neuron disease (MND). New research from the University of Aberdeen published today in Frontiers in ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Footballer Ezekiel Otuoma and his wife Rachael Otuoma. Otuoma died after a long battle with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). [File, Standard] Former AFC Leopards winger Ezekiel Otuoma passed away at the ...

Using stem cells from patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Cedars-Sinai has created a lifelike model of the mysterious and fatal disease that could help identify a cause of the illness ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease. An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord ...

Eric Dane, best known for Grey’s Anatomy, died at 53 after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive motor neuron disease. Also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS causes muscle ...

A new medicine, discovered by scientists, protects nerve cells damaged by motor neurone disease (MND), offering hope of substantially slowing the progression of "one of the cruellest diseases".