Reading Time: 2 minutes1.What percentage of our genes do we share with a chimp? 98 2.What percentage of our genes do we share with a mouse? 90 3.Our
Month: December 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the tradition of newspaper Christmas quizzes or bumper crossword puzzles, I had the bright idea that we could publish something similar here. In the
Reading Time: 2 minutesOur recent blog articles describe lots of fascinating science and the progress in the care and treatment of MND/ALS that was presented at the symposium.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith all the excitement of the symposium in Orlando, it is still business as usual for the next research grants round. As some of you
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs the symposium draws to a close, Prof Nigel Leigh gives the final scheduled talk. Prof Leigh is an eminent researcher and clinician and is arguably
Reading Time: 2 minutes After three days of deep discussion and debate among researchers clinicians and health and social care professionals, the final talks of the symposium begin. The
Reading Time: 2 minutesMND isn’t just about motor neurones going wrong in an otherwise perfectly functioning nervous system. A group of cells called glia, which surround motor neurones
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year, two sessions are related to clinical trials. The first, concerns the planning and design of clinical trials. The second is the results of
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI attended a fantastic talk this morning in the session on ‘Translational Strategies’. This session is all about moving laboratory ideas for new treatments for
Reading Time: 2 minutesCarers play a vital role in the lives of people living with MND, so important in fact that at this year’s symposium a session addressed the