There's a small ray of possible new hope for treating motor neuron disease. Motor neuron disease attacks the nervous system, often with frightening speed. Average life expectancy after diagnosis is one to five years. The advance comes in the form of a new urine test developed by experts from Flinders University and the University of Miami. The new test measures a key protein in the urine of MND sufferers as the disease progresses.
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