ALS is a debilitating paralytic disease characterized as the death of upper and lower motor neurons. Fortunately, ALS is relatively rare, with an incidence rate of 1.6 per 100,000 adults, resulting in ...

Using machine learning models, researchers at Michigan Medicine have identified a potential way to diagnose amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, earlier from a blood sample, a study suggests. The ...

An initiative by a UK-based charity, supported by technology companies and universities, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital twin that allows people with communications ...

Coronation Street star Lynne Verrall has died aged 76. The actress - who had a long-spanning career across theatre and TV - starred as Geraldine Spellman on Coronation Street from 2017 - 2018. Verrall ...

The Prince of Wales headed to Leeds, in northern England on Nov. 20 to open the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Prince William headed to Leeds on Nov. 20 ...

A new generation of laboratories orbiting the Earth in space could offer hope for motor neurone disease (MND) sufferers, with scientists increasingly optimistic they could be the key to unlocking a ...

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 ...

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".

From left: Joost van der Westhuizen, Ed Slater, Doddie Weir and Lewis Moody – all rugby players diagnosed with MND Photos: Getty Images; design: Demetrius Robinson As motor neurone disease started to ...

A newly identified disorder, MINA syndrome, results from a mutation in the NAMPT protein that deprives motor neurons of energy, leading to severe movement problems. The discovery not only deepens ...