A look at Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), focusing on motor neuron degeneration, sporadic versus familial ...

ALS is a rare, but fatal disease that affects the nerve cells and leads to paralysis of voluntary muscles and death. In a new study, researchers from Karolinska Institutet have discovered a way to ...

Over the course of the last three years, Brooke Eby has documented the progression of her condition for an audience of over 300,000 social media followers Courtesy of Brooke Eby Brooke Eby was ...

ALS is a progressive disease, meaning it worsens over time. Although there is no cure for ALS, medications and therapies are available to help manage the symptoms, slow the disease course, and prolong ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movement. Different types of ALS cause symptoms to begin in a certain part of the body and ...

After being diagnosed as a young woman with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), Michele “Shelly” Stellato said, “We had to decide what to do with the time we had left.” Part of that decision on ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS for short, is a mysterious neurodegenerative disease that is almost always fatal. A consortium of researchers led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has ...