While some of her caregiver responsibilities were more arduous than others, all brought a deep sense of loss, columnist ...

Can AI joke about ALS? Columnist Dagmar Munn finds that her chosen artificial intelligence app lacks her own sense of humor.

A new discovery about mutations in a gene that causes ALS may allow researchers to design targeted therapies, a study found.

A wearable robot that detects small arm motions and supports the shoulder helped ALS patients lift and carry things, a study ...

Long-term exposure to sulfur dioxide, an air pollutant generated by the burning of fossil fuels, increases the risk of ALS, a ...

Measuring the electrical activity of muscles in the neck in ALS may be easier for some patients than using the tongue for ...

Certain subsets of microglia were found to be enriched in nervous system tissues from people with amyotrophic lateral ...

Far-field potentials (FFPs), nerve signals that can be measured on the skin, show promise as diagnostic and prognostic ...

Inhibition of a cellular stress response may be a therapeutic target for ALS type 8 related to mutations in the VAPB gene, a ...

Thanks to a gift from her husband with ALS, columnist Kristin Neva takes a journey through joy and sorrow in years of ...

Exposure to rhodamine B (RhB), a toxic fluorescent dye, causes neurodegeneration, symptoms that resemble ALS, and molecular ...

Marisa Wexler is a senior science writer for ALS News Today with an MS in cellular and molecular pathology. She covers the latest news and information on a variety of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...