One of the brain’s fundamental roles is to generate the correct body movements at the correct time. Understanding how the brain accomplishes this task, and how this process goes wrong in disease, has ...

The scientist Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common type of motor neuron disease, for 55 years. He was one of the longest-surviving people with the condition.

A musician diagnosed with motor neurone disease who lost his voice due to the condition has been able to sing again. Patrick Darling, 32, a composer and performer since his teenage years, received his ...

University of Wollongong (UOW) scientists have developed a breakthrough therapy that clears toxic proteins from nerve cells—a discovery that advances the work of the late Professor Justin Yerbury and ...

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 ...

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is among the most challenging neurological disorders: relentlessly progressive, universally fatal, and without a cure even after more than a century and a half ...

This article and associated images are based on a poster originally authored by Daisy Maiden, Erin Hedges and Will Stebbeds and presented at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2025 in affiliation with LifeArc and ...

Astrocytes in the cerebellum trigger a shift in GABA signaling during late adolescence, enabling adult-level motor coordination.

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 10 March 2026 - A group of A-Level students from Methodist College Kuala Lumpur (MCKL) will be hosting the Mega Sports Carnival ...

An Enniskillen businessman has revealed he has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). And his daughter has set herself a challenge to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.