Motor neuron disease (MND) is a devastating condition that causes progressive muscle weakness by damaging the motor neurons, the nerve cells that connect the brain to muscles. These neurons allow ...

Muscle-secreted neurturin couples myofiber oxidative metabolism and slow motor neuron identity. Cell Metabolism , 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.09.003 Cite This Page : ...

Researchers use biocompatible polydopamine nanoparticles and near-infrared light to remotely trigger activity in neuron and muscle cells with minimal ... SH-SY5Y cells, which serve as a model for ...

Symptoms of motor neuron degeneration could start at as early as 3 months of age and lead to muscle atrophy, paralysis and death, often before the child's second birthday.

Research at The University of Queensland could eventually help develop viable treatments - and ultimately a cure - for motor neuron disease (MND). Dr Adam Walker and co-authors Dr Rebecca San Gil ...

"Initiation of a Phase 2 clinical study of SB-509 in subjects with a motor neuron and muscle disease such as ALS is an obvious next step in the evaluation of this novel therapeutic," stated Dale ...

Motor neuron disease affects 5,000 adults in the U.K. at any one time and there is a 1 in 300 risk of getting MND across a lifetime. Once the disease progresses, it leads to the death of the motor ...