Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It causes a worsening loss of voluntary muscle control, which affects movements like talking ...

Sandra Bullock's longtime partner Bryan Randall died at age 57 after privately battling ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, for three years, his family said. The news brought new attention to ...

Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers at Stockholm University and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at King's College London have managed to identify a common ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is more commonly known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Grey’s Anatomy alum Eric Dane announced on Thursday, April 9, that he had been diagnosed with the nervous ...