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An international research team, led by Shinghua Ding at the University of Missouri, has identified a previously unknown genetic disease that affects movement and muscle control. The disease—called ...

Standard MRI scans of a person’s tongue could assist in the early detection and ongoing monitoring of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Research led by Dr Thomas Shaw from The University of Queensland’s ...

Researchers found that neurons can use fat, not just sugar, to power the brain. When a protein called DDHD2 fails, this process breaks down and leads to serious brain problems. Scientists were able to ...

When Lewis Moody revealed this week that he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), the reaction was instant, and visceral. Within hours, tributes flooded in for the former England ...

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‘I am really sorry because you are a young man and this is a life limiting condition.’ After months of waiting for answers, the neurologist delivered them with crushing clarity. It was October 2024, ...

'Lewis Moody diagnosed with MND' is dominating headlines across the world, and it has saddened almost every rugby fan out there. Renowned by the nickname "Mad Dog" for his insane enthusiasm and ...

Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). The 47-year-old flanker, who won several titles throughout his 16-year career, discovered he had the ...

Oct 6 (Reuters) - Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease, he said on Monday. Moody, a flanker who was on the team that won the World Cup in 2003 and ...

Lewis Moody, England’s World Cup-winning flanker, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Moody said the diagnosis came as a “huge shock to me and my family”. The 47-year-old, who has two ...