An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment ...

AI-generated voice clones are bringing back the voices of people with MND, allowing some to communicate, connect, and even ...

Motor neurons carry impulses away from the central nervous system (made up of the brain and spinal cord) and control the movement of the body. These neurons coordinate muscle activity. Motor ...

The UK woman who has bulbar motor neuron disease (MND), used the AI-powered voice cloning tool by ElevenLabs to recreate her ...

A baby diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) was successfully treated in the womb for the first time. Now over two ...

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 ...

The Motor Neurone Disease Association is the only national charity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that funds and promotes global research into the disease and provides support for people ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

Peter Fell died in 2019 after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, with Fellys Fund set up in his honour to support the community he loved.