ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that gradually affects a person's ability to move, speak and breathe. It advances differently in every patient. Now, ...

Life could feel uncertain when you’re diagnosed with ALS. You wonder how your life will change, and how quickly. Time suddenly feels precious. The truth is, everyone with ALS progresses differently.

Nagoya University scientists develop a machine learning tool to uncover how ALS progresses in patients and offer clues to understand why some patients decline faster than others.

Darin Nakakihara doesn’t remember much from the day that changed his life. He left the doctor’s office and walked to his car. In the driver’s seat, he looked up the disease he was just diagnosed with, ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset motor neuron disease and is characterized by the progressive degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons. This devastating disorder ...

Darin Nakakihara doesn’t remember much from the day changed his life. He left the doctor’s office and walked to his car. In the driver’s seat, he looked up the disease he was just diagnosed with, and ...