Now, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and Columbia University Irving Medical Center have uncovered evidence that ALS may be an autoimmune disease. The researchers discovered that ...

Around 5,000 Americans are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) each year. About half of patients die within 14 ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may involve an autoimmune component — a finding that could reshape treatment strategies and ...

Life Time's Oct. 25 nationwide fundraiser for ALS research challenges participants to work out for 90 minutes.

ALS is autoimmune disease After years of research, finally a potential answer as to what causes ALS. Amyotrophic lateral ...

The discovery also changes how scientists think about brain diseases. Researchers once believed conditions like ALS, ...

Researchers have found that ALS patients have autoimmune responses, a finding with the potential to reshape how scientists ...

Concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) have been considered a potential cause of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's ...

Actor Eric Dane, 52, revealed this week that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. “I have been diagnosed with ALS. I am grateful to have ...

A new study published in Nature's Scientific Reports indicates that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS) have an ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movement. Different types of ALS cause symptoms to begin in a certain part of the body and ...

The exact cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has long remained a mystery, but new research demonstrates that there ...