Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation.

HEFEI — A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China has unveiled a groundbreaking biomimetic ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

The Valentine Plunge has raised nearly $5 million for the Joan Dancy and P.A.L.S. (People with ALS) Foundation.

Former Journalist and Marketing Manager Peter Sefton-Williams told GB News that he "could have died on the basis of an error", after being misdiagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease by two doctors.Sefton ...

Salk Institute researchers have identified a key protein that may help users of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy ...

MNDs are neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control skeletal muscle activity such as walking, breathing, speaking, and swallowing.

Anthony Robusto, a 17-year-old from Hall County, was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome, which left him without a full left hand. Despite his condition, Robusto wrestled from third to tenth grade ...

The Harvard Move Lab is a translational research hub led by Faculty Director Conor Walsh and Executive Director Paul Sabin in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied ...

Involuntary muscles, on the other hand, are not under conscious control ... This results in significant muscle weakness, atrophy, and loss of function. The majority of neuromuscular disorders are ...