A court in Trieste has rejected a request filed by Martina Oppelli, who has had the fatal nerve-wasting disease Amyotrophic ...

Scientists have developed a new method that can grow motor neurons from skin cells, which may serve as a platform for ALS ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurogenerative disease that affects the nerves and spinal cord. It causes a loss of muscle control that worsens ...

The wheelchair is going to be a huge thing for me,' said Mike Hoover, who is getting a wheelchair ramp installed at his home.

ALS affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and progressively gets worse over time. This causes muscle control problems such as weakness in the limbs and slurred speech. As the disease ...

IN OCTOBER OF 2024, RAAB WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS, A FATAL DISEASE WHICH SLOWLY DESTROYS NERVE CELLS AND SPINAL CORD, WEAKENING MUSCLES THAT WILL EVENTUALLY STOP WORKING. IT’S A REALLY HORRIFIC ...

Muscle and nerve biopsies are frequently ordered as part of the diagnostic work-up for the following diseases: ALS and other spinal muscular atrophies Diseases of the peripheral nerves Metabolic ...

California has introduced a new initiative to advance critical research for ALS and to better understand related ...

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data from 2018, about 30,000 people are living with ALS at any given time. The disease breaks down brain and spinal cord nerve cells ...