Inside every motor neuron, proteins are constantly condensing into tiny liquid droplets and then dissolving again, a process so fast and so quiet that most of biology ignored it until recently. A

Researchers profiling inflammatory proteins in cerebrospinal fluid have identified a signature, including SIRT2 and MMP-1, that distinguishes slow from fast disease progression in ALS.

West Virginians living with ALS can apply starting November 1 for up to $4,000 a year from The S.E.T.H. Project for equipment, home changes, medical supplies and qualified caregiver wages.

Flu is surging unusually early in some parts of the western United States, catching doctors by surprise.

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Elevated plasma peripherin is linked to motor neuron disorders, especially ALS.

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Washington, D.C., Monday, September 28, 2026 – The Muscular Dystrophy Association applauds the United States Senate for passing the House’s version of the ACT for ALS (Accelerating Access to Critical ...

Guitarist Rich Brotherton received a diagnosis of ALS; Robert Earl Keen, John Baumann, and the Texas music scene are rallying behind him.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Regulators authorized LifeVac in the U.S., but medical groups say the Heimlich maneuver and back blows are still the best methods.

An effort is underway to identify biological changes that signal whether people carrying a genetic variant will develop ALS or frontotemporal dementia.

NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip has been diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration. His family says it's "possible" the three-time Cup champ has CTE.

China’s cheap, fast and quiet system for testing cutting-edge medicines is facing scrutiny after the deaths of three people in investigator-initiated trials.

Our brains and their associated diseases are notoriously hard to study. So researchers developed an animal model with a cortex—the brain’s outer layer—grown from human-derived cells

Trump’s decisions as president on one of the most consequential policy debates of his administration could affect the value of his personal investments.

Home-based serious illness care can improve access, care coordination, and quality of life for older adults with complex health and social needs, yet significant policy, regulatory, and payment challe...

With the Food and Drug Administration’s hard-liners gone, investors are rushing back into rare-disease bets.

China and the United States must work to repair the damage A.I. has done now, not look to future developments.

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MIAMI - GeNeuro, Inc., , a subsidiary of NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , announced the award of a European Patent entitled 'Anti HERV K Envelope Antibody and Uses Thereof.' The patent, together with two....

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A sweeping new analysis of more than a quarter century of American death records has found that while the absolute number of people dying from motor neuron disease in the United States has climbed

Rohit Pappu, Tanja Mittag at St. Jude to continue foundational work on basis of Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, frontotemporal dementia

Patients who are denied coverage for a drug or treatment are often successful when they appeal, but it takes medical evidence and persistence.

It is too hard for medical researchers to start clinical trials.

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A nonprofit’s study of how OpenAI’s A.I. agents were able to break into Hugging Face’s infrastructure wasn’t allowed to look at the incident’s full scope.

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The first-term senator, poised to be a possible swing vote, churns through staff as he alienates fellow Democrats and defends Israel.

Initial symptoms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are easy to miss, since they can look more like a psychiatric condition than a neurodegenerative one.