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 ...

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – October 29, 2025) Motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), share physical similarities but have been largely viewed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new medicine, discovered by scientists, protects nerve cells damaged by motor neurone disease (MND), offering hope of ...

A mutation in the TDP-43 protein reduces the viability of motor neurons without triggering protein clumps, researchers found.

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 ...

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 ...

Scotland’s Motor Neurone Disease charity, MND Scotland, today hosted a free, interactive, and educational local research event at Celtic Park. The Lived Experience and Researcher Network (LEARN), ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Age-related neurodegenerative disorders — motor neuron diseases, demyelinating diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, and other proteinopathies — are at an “inflection point,” said researcher ...

Exercising and waking up early may protect against developing motor neurone disease, a study suggests. The rare condition, also commonly known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), affects roughly ...

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".