It was October 2024, and my husband Andrew had just been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) aged 51 – which affects ...

Experts warn that difficulty swallowing, producing excess saliva or even drooling could be a sign of motor neurone disease (MND). The progressive condition affects the brain and nerves that ...

People are being urged to watch for symptoms that may indicate Motor Neurone Disease (MND ... each type affects different parts of the body, particularly during the early stages of the condition.

In 2021, researchers worked out that a major cause of damage to motor neuron cells was the loss of a protein called UNC13A. This protein helps nerve cells pass messages to each other. In patients with ...

A new study, published in Nature Neuroscience and led by researchers at the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at UCL, and the UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, found that increasing the levels of ...

Led by a hospital and hospice in Swindon and the University of Oxford, it will develop new guidance. Geoff Burrow said the rarity of Kyle Sieniawki’s condition could be used to raise awareness ...

Omega-3 fats could play a vital role in protecting people from motor neurone disease (MND ... the levels of healthy fats in the brain cells of fruit flies carrying a genetic mutation called ...

Article continues below A team of researchers found that higher levels of healthy fats like omega-3s in the brain could protect against motor neurone disease ... flies and cells from the human ...

In the study scientists examined the brain cells of people with motor neurone disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia, a form of the memory robbing disorder that typically strikes younger people.

Enhancing levels of "healthy fats" like omega-3s in the brain could be beneficial in motor neuron disease (MND) finds a new study in fruit flies and brain cells ... as the human body cannot ...

preventing healthy cells from reading the messages they ... Drugs that "switch on" vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neuron disease (MND). The largest-ever ...