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Major motor neurone disease breakthrough offers hope to those with ‘cruel’ condition

A new medicine, discovered by scientists, protects nerve cells damaged by motor neurone disease (MND), offering hope of substantially slowing the progression of "one of the cruellest diseases".

Motor protein discovery in fruit flies may unlock neurodegenerative secrets

Scientists have long known that inherited neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or motor neuron ...

Air pollution may be linked to increased risk of motor neurone disease, our new study indicates

A new study from Sweden links long-term air pollution exposure to higher risk of motor neurone disease and faster progression ...
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Long-term air pollution exposure raises motor neuron disease risk

By Vijay Kumar Malesu Even at relatively low pollution levels, chronic exposure to fine particles and nitrogen dioxide was ...

Air pollution may be linked to increased risk of motor neuron disease, our new study indicates

The scientist Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common type of motor neuron disease, ...