Reading Time: 2 minutes Thanks to funding and some strategic ‘match-making’ by the MND Association, a new drug may have taken one step closer to beginning clinical trials in MND after producing promising results in an animal model of the disease. The drug, known as Cogane, was developed by the biotechnology company Phytopharm. It had already demonstrated in laboratory…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sunday 8 January is not only a celebration of Prof Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, it’s also the date when the MND Association’s DNA bank appeal will be launched on BBC Radio 4. Our DNA bank contains over 3,400 samples from people with MND and their families. By using these samples scientists in this country have…
Reading Time: 4 minutes And the answers to our Christmas Quiz are: How many neurones does a human have? Billions Which animal has the largest brain? Bottlenose dolphin How much does a human brain weigh in comparison with our total average body weight (in percent)? 2 How many DNA samples does the MND Association’s DNA bank hold? 3,400 How…
