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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

The BMAA story in a nutshell

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesResearch into the neurodegenerative condition known as Guam ALS-Parkinson Dementia Complex (ALS-PDC) has tended to find itself slightly isolated from the mainstream MND/ALS research world

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 Healthcare Symposium

The Big Conversation: MND diagnosis and care

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association’s Director of Care (South), Karen Pearce, gives her thoughts on one of the clinical sessions on the first day of the Symposium.

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 MND Research Symposium

Can the progression of MND pause or reverse?

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesCould there be a small number of people for whom there is a pause or a reversal in their disease progression? A talk at the

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 Healthcare MND Research Symposium

The Cinderella symptom: Muscle cramps in MND

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile muscle cramps are a very common symptom of motor neurone disease (MND) there is currently few effective ways of management and treatment. Even though

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 MND Research Symposium

Changing the way we think about the causes of MND

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAdult onset condition, those with genetic mutations associated with the disease don’t get it until they’re adults, starts in one place and then it spreads,

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MND Research News Research we fund

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…..and prizes….

30 November 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe fantastic news that Patrick Joyce and his co-inventors have won the 2015 Hackaday Prize for their ‘Eyedrivomatic’ invention is one of a number of research

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Heading in the right direction: Sheffield Support Snood update

23 November 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesUpdate (February 2017): All sites are now closed and not recruiting for participants. If you would like to be added to a waiting list for

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Using video messages to help leave a digital legacy

6 November 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a guest blog, PhD student Oliver Clabburn tells us about his family’s experience of MND and his research interests. He also explains how you

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Palliative Care Research – new funding available

27 October 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday an exciting announcement was made about three organisations working together to increase our knowledge on the best way to provide palliative and end of

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How MND research happens: Manchester Science Festival

22 October 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Tuesday, we posted news of the two MND Awareness engagement events taking place in Manchester during the Manchester Science Festival (on 25 and 31

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