Live Science on MSN8h
Deadly motor-neuron disease treated in the womb in world 1st
An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment ...
UPMC-Pitt trial offers hope for patients with rare neurodegenerative diseases
Doctors diagnosed Carmen Lopez with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) at birth, a rare genetic disorder that affects motor neurons ...
MIT Technology Review8d
Motor neuron diseases took their voices. AI is bringing them back.
AI-generated voice clones are bringing back the voices of people with MND, allowing some to communicate, connect, and even ...
Nature17d
Motor neuron articles from across Nature Portfolio
Motor neurons project from the central nervous system to innervate muscle cells to either directly or indirectly control their activity. Contact between a motor neuron and muscle cell is usually ...
Reawakening Dormant Nerve Cells: Groundbreaking Neurotechnology Restores Motor Function in SMA
A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...
Study reveals immune system's crucial role in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at cellular level
A team of researchers from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has published a study in the Journal of ...
News Medical on MSN1d
Promising results from first prenatal therapy for spinal muscular atrophy
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital report results from a promising new approach to treat the rare ...
EurekAlert!9d
IR Sant Pau study reveals immune system’s crucial role in ALS at cellular level
It is the first comprehensive cellular analysis of ALS, carried out using single-cell RNA sequencing in 14 patients and 14 ...
Stress hormones shift neuron types in the developing brain, study suggests
Infections, chemicals, stress—these environmental factors influence the risk of developing psychiatric or neurological ...