Belfast actor Michael Campbell, also known as Michael Patrick, was diagnosed with the terminal disease in February 2023.

A renowned motor neurone disease (MND) researcher has been remembered at a powerful funeral service in Wollongong for his grace, determination and for never losing his sense of purpose. Rachel Yerbury ...

Professor Stephen Hawking was not only the world's most famous scientist - he was the world's most famous motor neurone disease patient. The sound of the voice synthesiser he used to communicate after ...

The Western Trust has announced Northern Ireland’s first Specialist Research Nurse will work out of Altnagelvin Hospital.

Motor neurone disease is a rare condition of the nervous system that leads to loss of muscle control. The disease leads to progressive weakness, muscle wastage and eventually disability. The survival ...

Scientists have developed a blood test that can detect motor neurone disease in its earliest stages with 97 per cent accuracy - even before symptoms strike. The test was developed by researchers at ...

10:25, Wed, Aug 16, 2017 Updated: 10:25, Wed, Aug 16, 2017 The disease is also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) occurs when nerves in the brain and spinal cord stop working properly. This ...

Scientists have identified a new gene that they said adds weight to the theory that abnormal lipid processing pathways inside brain cells causes motor neurone degenerative diseases (MNDs). Andrew ...

A 'devoted mother' has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) after her symptoms were initially mistaken for benign muscle twitches caused by stress. Holly Turner, 45, had already lost her ...

MOTOR neurone disease is a rare condition that affects around two in every 100,000 people in the UK each year. There are about 5,000 people living with the condition in the UK at any one time. Muscle ...

A cure for motor neurone disease – which killed Professor Stephen Hawking – has moved one step closer, scientists believe. The cruel condition causes signals from motor neurone nerve cells in the ...

Motor neurone disease is a debilitating condition caused by degeneration of the nerve cells that control muscle movement. Exactly what leads to the loss of these specialist motor neuron is not ...