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MND EnCouRage UK: Looking back at four years of supporting the next generation of MND researchers

14 July 202514 July 2025 Katy Barnes

How can biomarkers be used in clinical trials in MND?

8 July 20258 July 2025 Research Information Team

What are clinical trials?

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What biomarkers do we have for MND?

8 July 20258 July 2025 Research Information Team

What are biomarkers and why do we need them?

8 July 20258 July 2025 Research Information Team

What is genetic MND?

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30 chapters of MND research

31 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring MND Awareness Month (1-30 June), we will be publishing a new post each day. Our ‘Project a Day’ series will celebrate the whole range

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Collaborating across Europe to find a cure: ENCALS 2016

27 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes332 delegates, 135 posters, 41 talks, one goal: to cure ALS The European Network for the Cure of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ENCALS) was set up

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Re-evaluating clinical trial guidelines for MND

20 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesTo mark International Clinical Trials Day (20 May) we reflect on the ALS Clinical Trials Guidelines workshop that took place in March. The MND Association

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

Pesticides linked to increased risk of developing MND

10 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe results from a study looking at the possible links between exposure to environmental toxins (found in pesticides) and motor neurone disease (MND) was published

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Come and take part in a dance event to raise awareness of MND research

25 April 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sunday 8 May there’s a chance to see ( and possibly take part in) an interactive dance performance about MND research called ‘Action Potential’.

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Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi wins prestigious prize

18 April 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesHuge congratulations to Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi for winning the prestigious Sheila Essey Award at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) research conference taking place in Vancouver, Canada. Professor

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Janine Kirby: My 20 years in MND research

6 April 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesJanine Kirby is a Non-Clinical Reader in Neurogenetics and is celebrating 20 years in motor neurone disease (MND) research this month. Here she tells us

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

More clues to the inner workings of the C9orf72 gene

4 April 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesContinuing the ‘gene hunting theme’ on from our last blog post on Project MinE, a recently published study has shed more light on the C9orf72

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Looking for MND genes: Project MinE update

17 March 201616 February 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutesProject MinE is an international genetics project that is analysing DNA from people with MND in detail. For the majority of people with MND, the disease

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Stem cell trials in the news

20 January 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe recent announcement about the use of stem cells to treat a form of multiple sclerosis (MS), together with early results from the BrainStorm stem

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