Researchers have identified the biological mechanism triggering neurodegenerative diseases ALS and frontotemporal dementia. By targeting the C9ORF72 gene, they halted toxic protein synthesis ...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a rare yet devastating neurological disorder that progressively weakens the body’s voluntary muscles. It occurs when ...

A recent large study conducted in Sweden has found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution may increase ...

New research from the University of St Andrews, the University of Copenhagen and Drexel University has developed AI computational models that predict the degeneration of neural networks in amyotrophic ...

Scientists developed a technique to grow cells that control voluntary movement, a discovery that could aid ALS and spinal injury research.

Air pollution was associated with risk for developing motor neuron disease such as ALS and likely contributes to an ...

Studies have shown that in ALS patients, microtubules—which are the major component of the cell cytoskeleton and serve as tracks for transporting components from cell bodies to neuronal ...

A study focused on two common types of outdoor pollutants widely linked to health harms: nitrogen dioxide and particulate ...

A research team has developed a way to produce a subset of highly specialised brain neurons that centrally degenerate in motor neuron disease and are damaged in spinal cord injury, laying foundations ...

Greater long-term air pollution exposure was associated with a higher risk of motor neuron disease. Higher levels of particulate matter were tied to faster functional decline after diagnosis. Up to 90 ...

A large, multidisciplinary team led by researchers from Texas A&M University has made a potentially game-changing discovery about the development of devastating motor neuron diseases like amyotrophic ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron disease and damaged in spinal injuries. Their study, published today in ...