Janine Turnbull is sleeping downstairs until she can get a full floor lift fitted to take her wheelchair up to her bedroom ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the ...

About 20 years ago, scientists discovered that skin cells could be converted into pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can ...

A new process for converting skin cells to neurons directly could make it easier to develop therapies for neurodegenerative disorders.

National Institutes of Health researchers have mapped how individual neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex receive ...

If replicated in human cells, this approach could generate large quantities of motor neurons, which could potentially be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries or diseases that impair ...

A Sunderland musician diagnosed with motor neurone disease is releasing a single to fund research into the illness.

“We were able to get to yields where we could ask questions about whether these cells can be viable candidates for the cell ...

If replicated in human cells, this approach could enable the generation of large quantities of motor neurons, which could potentially be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries or ...

MND Scotland says that around 450 people in the country are living with Motor Neurone Disease. One symptom that can easily be brushed off as normal is excessive saliva, or drooling. MND is difficult ...

Time is almost up on the Big Hour campaign – which has united the island in fundraising drive for Guernsey Motor Neurone.