Matteo Materazzi's battle against a rare form of ALS has prompted his wife to launch a fundraiser to fund personalized ...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, can affect the way you move, breathe, eat, and behave.

Yet, under federal law, it is labeled "rare" because that definition is based on prevalence —a static snapshot of how many ...

Neuvivo and the FDA have agreed on a regulatory pathway for NP001 (sodium chlorite) to treat ALS, with Phase 3 testing ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, attacks nerve cells known as motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, gradually leading to paralysis. The loss of function of an important gene, C9orf72 ...

Study shows how ALS-linked mutations disrupt the protein TDP-43 at the atomic level, preventing it from executing its ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive degeneration of motor neurons, leading to muscle weakness and eventually death.

Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink said on Thursday it will launch a clinical study in Great Britain to test how its chips can enable patients with severe paralysis to control digital and ...