Motor neurone disease is a rare condition of the nervous system that leads to loss of muscle control. The disease leads to progressive weakness, muscle wastage and eventually disability.

The approach, which uses CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology, offers a unique and promising strategy that could one day treat rare but debilitating motor neuron diseases in humans. Hereditary ...

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Today the victim of motor neurone disease, he hasn't the strength to open a packet of crisps. Here he tells how his life has changed beyond recognition in less than a year. Eight months ago I ...

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A funding boost of more than £78 million will help scientists working to develop a potential treatment for motor neurone disease. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common form of ...

Scientists are set for a £78 million financial injection to advance the development of a groundbreaking treatment for motor neurone disease (MND). Among the various forms of MND, amyotrophic ...

Professor Heath Ecroyd and the renowned Motor Neurone Disease research team at the University of Wollongong (UOW) have been awarded close to $1 million to further their work into understanding what ...

A funding boost of more than £78 million will help UCL scientists working to develop a potential treatment for motor neurone disease (also known as ALS), for which there is currently no cure and which ...

But few people are aware of the challenges of her life off the pitch, as a dedicated wife and carer for her husband, ex-Bradford City player Stephen Darby, who was diagnosed with motor neurone ...