In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying.

A brain-computer interface has enabled people with paralysis to turn their thoughts about speech into played out words, ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes the gradual loss of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, and ...

Answer ALS, in collaboration with ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) and Augie's Quest, today announced plans to ...

The dad and motorcycle racer thought his lack of coordination was from being tired. It was an early ALS symptom. Now, he's ...

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

In the beginning, not even Hynek Wichterle's postdoc thought his idea to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron disease, with an incidence of 1 or 2 cases per 100,000 persons and a lifetime risk of 1 case per 800 persons.