Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the past 15 years, I have seen MND move from a scientific ‘backwater’ to the forefront of neurodegenerative disease research. It is noticeable these
Month: June 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have been lucky in the past two years to work at the International Symposium on ALS/MND, and am always inspired by the enthusiasm, and
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy reasons for being an ‘incurable optimist’ is the increasing amount of research being carried out and the number of researchers interested in MND and
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am optimistic every time I prepare a talk when I look for something new to say about advances in research. Since the discovery of
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter being asked to write about why I am a research optimist, I tried to think about the achievements in MND research. After attending the Care Centre
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMND does not respect national boundaries and neither does our research efforts. There are so many researchers, clinicians and health and social care professionals from
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I started my job at the Association just four years ago we were funding 19 research projects and studentships. Researchers were using animal models
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Wednesday I attended the MND care centre directors meeting. This is where all of the care centre directors, care centre co-ordinators, our regional care development
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNext week is MND awareness week (19 June to 27 June). Awareness week sees the national launch of our brand new awareness campaign called Incurable Optimism,
Reading Time: 3 minutesA study, part funded by the MND Association and led by Prof Chris Shaw from King’s College London has been published in the June edition