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Using DNA Bank samples to create iPSC models of MND

19 June 201611 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesInduced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology has enabled researchers to create and study living human motor neurones in the lab, derived originally from patient skin

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Investigating C9orf72 and TDP-43 proteins in a fruitfly model of MND

17 June 201611 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesBackground to C9orf72 toxicity We know that damage to C9orf72 (both the gene and the protein it makes) is a crucial step in why some

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The MND Register of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

8 June 201611 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is the MND Register? The MND Register is a major five year project that aims to collect and store information about every person living

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Understanding and preventing the protein build-up that can cause nerve cells to die

2 June 201611 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesPrior research has already shown that build-up of the protein TDP-43 is found in the majority of cases of MND (irrespective of whether it was

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Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi wins prestigious prize

18 April 201611 August 2026

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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Looking for MND genes: Project MinE update

17 March 201611 August 2026

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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New ALS gene represents another small step

13 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt wouldn’t be the Symposium without a new gene discovery. Although technology has allowed incredible advances in the gene-hunting field, this is countered by the

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Improving the classification of ALS – can we make it logical?

12 December 201511 August 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday at the International Symposium on ALS/MND Prof Ammar Al-Chalabi (Director of King’s Care Centre and Professor of Complex Genetics at King’s College London) cautioned

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Pretty ‘fly’ for a fruit fly

27 January 201511 August 2026

Reading Time: 4 minutes  Dr Frank Hirth is one of the world’s leading fruit fly MND researchers. Based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College

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On the twelfth day of Christmas MND research gave to me: twelve – a low number of authors on a research paper

5 January 201511 August 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe final day of our ‘twelve days of Christmas’ blogs has arrived. We hope you’ve enjoyed our festive overview of 2014 and we look forward

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