In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...

Hundreds have paid their respects at the funeral of a campaigner and fundraiser for research into motor neurone disease (MND). Former triathlete and Nottingham Forest fan Sam Perkins, from East Leake, ...

Neurizon Therapeutics has submitted a formal request to the US FDA for advice on pharmacokinetic studies needed to lift hold ...

While there is no cure for Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a clinical trial in Launceston aims to slow the disease and provide a ...

A 'devoted mother' has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) after her symptoms were initially mistaken for benign muscle twitches caused by stress. Holly Turner, 45, had already lost ...

STAFF WRITERS A PLUNGE was taken at the Glengarry Hotel last Saturday (March 15), with locals taking the plunge [...] ...

This valuable study characterises the activity of motor units from two of the three anatomical subdivisions ("heads") of the triceps muscle while mice walked on a treadmill at various speeds. Although ...

Experts warn that difficulty swallowing, producing excess saliva or even drooling could be a sign of motor neurone disease (MND). The progressive condition affects the brain and nerves that ...

Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries ...

“We were able to get to yields where we could ask questions about whether these cells can be viable candidates for the cell ...

Converting one type of cell to another - for example, a skin cell to a neuron - can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then ...

Time is almost up on the Big Hour campaign – which has united the island in fundraising drive for Guernsey Motor Neurone.