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 neurone disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that leads to loss of muscle control and eventually disability and paralysis. Symptoms of the condition are often mild at first and ...

The scientist Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common type of motor neurone disease, for 55 years. He was one of the longest-surviving people with the condition ...