Motor Neuron Disease

Health & Medicine

Translating thought into action

The first human trial of a tiny device that reads brain signals is successfully allowing patients with paralysis to operate computers and phones with their minds

Health & Medicine

Breakthrough in motor neurone disease research gives hope

Copper could hold the key to a radical new treatment to help those affected by this indiscriminate and fatal disease

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