Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heritable neurodevelopmental disorder marked by social deficits, repetitive behaviors, ...

A Cambridge review links long-term particle pollution with increased Parkinson’s risk while highlighting major research gaps.

Lewis Moody is determined not to let his diagnosis define his life David Rogers/Getty Images Being told he had motor neurone disease wasn’t the worst moment for Lewis Moody. That came later, when the ...

The Duke of Sussex was booed by the crowd at Mattioli Woods Welford Road as he watched Leicester Tigers play Gloucester on Friday night. There were times during the darkest days of the pandemic when ...

Motor neurons, the nerve cells that control muscles, have a reputation as passive messengers. But growing evidence suggests they do more than simply relay the brain’s commands. Work in fruit flies ...

Researchers have developed a new way to turn ordinary antibodies into tiny disease-fighting molecules that can work inside human cells, potentially opening new paths for treating Alzheimer’s, ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that, according to the CDC, currently affects around 35,000 Americans—with 5,000 more diagnosed each year. Risk climbs with age, and ...

From your perspective, what are the biggest scientific and clinical knowledge gaps that still limit our understanding of motor neuron disease today? Motor neuron disease is an umbrella term describing ...

A volunteer takes part in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam simulation on the Iseult Magneton 11.7 T MRI at the Neurospin facilities in the Paris-Saclay Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy ...

Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment, yet substantial inter-patient response heterogeneity limits therapeutic benefit to specific patient subsets. Here, we present PathTIGR, a pathway ...