Motor neuron disease (MND) is a progressive condition that occurs when certain nerve cells degenerate and die. There are two types of motor neuron cells. The upper motor neuron begins in the brain and ...

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

MIT scientists find that motor neuron growth increased significantly over 5 days in response to biochemical (left) and mechanical (right) signals related to exercise. The green ball represents cluster ...

When Lewis Moody revealed this week that he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), the reaction was instant, and visceral. Within hours, tributes flooded in for the former England ...

A hardworking father-of-three has revealed the warning sign that he had developed motor neurone disease at the age of just 39. Ryan Horsfall, from Suffolk, who works as a plumber, lost the ability to ...

Developing motor neurons from stem cells taken directly from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients offers new hope for better understanding and treatment of the fatal neurodegenerative disorder ...

A drug typically used to treat enlarged prostates and high blood pressure has shown promise as a potential new therapy for motor neuron disease (MND), according to a new study. MND is a group of rare ...

Scientists have studied how proteins accumulate in the wrong parts of brain cells in motor neurone disease, and have demonstrated how it might be possible, in some cases, to reverse this. Scientists ...

Terazosin, a drug currently prescribed for patients with high blood pressure or enlarged prostates, may hold therapeutic potential to slow the progression of motor neuron diseases (MNDs) such as ...

A hardworking father-of-three has revealed the warning sign that he had developed motor neurone disease at the age of just 39. Ryan Horsfall, from Suffolk, who works as a plumber, lost the ability to ...