Researchers at the University of San Diego School of Medicine describe a new way to treat adult amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice. The result is the long-term suppression of the degenera... Read more
Researchers isolated a molecule that may be under-produced in the guts of patients Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have shown in mice that intestinal microbes, collectively... Read more
Advance marks critical step toward brain-computer interfaces that hold immense promise for those with limited or no ability to speak. In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have crea... Read more
A new drug delays motor neurone disease progression and improves cognitive and clinical symptoms according to recently released trial results. A new drug developed by scientists at the Flore... Read more
Drug extends survival, reverses some neuromuscular damage in animals About 20,000 people in the United States are living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s... Read more
New technique could aid treatments for diseases that lead to paralysis Scientists working to develop new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases have been stymied by the inability to grow... Read more
Scientists working at Korea University, Korea, and TU Berlin, Germany have developed a brain-computer control interface for a lower limb exoskeleton by decoding specific signals from within... Read more
Researchers discover how TBI can lead to Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy New research led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) prov... Read more
In tests using animals, drug successfully seeks and disarms toxic clumps of proteins responsible for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s An international team of more than 18 research groups has dem... Read more
The speech rate of Cambridge scientist Professor Stephen Hawking has doubled and his productivity increased ten-fold because of new technology. Prof Hawking has revealed how tech giant Intel... Read more
Brain-computer interface (BCI) devices have proven to be effective in helping patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) communicate during advanced stages of the disease when complet... Read more
Researchers have determined that a copper compound known for decades may form the basis for a therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease. In a new study just pu... Read more
A new way to artificially control muscles using light, with the potential to restore function to muscles paralysed by conditions such as motor neuron disease and spinal cord injury, has been... Read more
