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Month: December 2014

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25th Symposium: Brussels 2014 MND Research News Symposium Treatments

SOD1 Stuff

7 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesWith all the talk of new gene discoveries in recent years, the Sunday morning scientific session returned to the original discovery in 1993 that mutations

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25th Symposium: Brussels 2014 Healthcare MND Research Research we fund Symposium

Is MND/FTD the same as FTD alone?

7 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAssociation-funded researcher, Prof Julie Snowden from the University of Manchester was invited to present her research on MND and frontotemporal dementia at this year’s 25th

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Gastrostomy in MND: Progress in ProGas

7 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs well as biomedical research, we fund healthcare research to lead to better symptom management and support for people living with MND. On the final

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Science in neon flashing lights

6 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe opening presentation of this morning’s session of the International Symposium on ALS/MND set the tone for the rest of the day – almost literally,

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25th Symposium: Brussels 2014 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News Symposium

The causes of MND – what about head injury?

6 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesHead injury has been a hot topic in the media in relation to MND. I also receive a number of enquiries from people living with

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Heads up! The Sheffield Support Snood

6 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring the second day of the symposium Association-funded researcher, Dr Chris McDermott, presented his highly anticipated research on a new neck support for people living

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25th Symposium: Brussels 2014 Markers of Disease Progression MND Research News Symposium

Neurofilaments show promise as biomarker candidates for MND

6 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesSaturday afternoon saw the 25th International Symposium on ALS/MND expand from two to three sessions running in parallel. Times have changed from the early years of

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25th Symposium: Brussels 2014 Healthcare MND Research News Symposium

Assistive technology and the power of voice

5 December 2014

Reading Time: 4 minutesOur general election campaign for 2015 is featured around communication because we believe that nobody should have to lose their voice to MND. The afternoon

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25th Symposium: Brussels 2014 MND Research Symposium

Hairpins and MND

5 December 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the summer I travelled over the Healy mountain Pass in Ireland – my memory of the drive is lots of hairpin bends. Fast forward

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Science behind the picture – the poster session

5 December 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter seeing the works of art on the wall – I wonder if the people in the picture will be inspired to buy a poster

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