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27th Symposium: Dublin 2016 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News Research we fund Symposium

Focus on the research presented in posters in Dublin

29 December 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesOver 100 talks were given at this month’s International Symposium on ALS/MND in Dublin. There were also over 450 posters of research being presented too.

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Prize winning posters in Dublin

23 December 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs well as all the networking, debate and new information being shared, the International Symposium on ALS/MND is also a time to celebrate achievements by

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Our Visit to a Brain Bank

21 December 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesBrain banks are a vital resource in MND research. The MRC London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank was established in 1989. It is part of King’s College

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27th Symposium: Dublin 2016 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

What causes MND – an update from Dublin

8 December 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat causes MND is the question that so many of us want to know. For the majority of people with MND we know that it

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27th Symposium: Dublin 2016 MND Research Models of MND News Symposium

IPG Prize recognises young research talent

7 December 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesI firmly believe that the quality of research is only as good as the researcher doing it, which is why the MND Association places a

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27th Symposium: Dublin 2016 MND Research Symposium

Welcome to the International Symposium on ALS/MND in Dublin

7 December 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday marks the beginning of the next year in MND research around the world, or at least it certainly feels like that! It is the

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Using stem cell technology to understand more about how MND and FTD develop

26 October 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association are funding Prof Kevin Talbot, Dr Ruxandra Dafinca (née Mutihac) and colleagues at the University of Oxford, who are investigating the link

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New fellowship to investigate muscle fasciculations

5 October 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring Awareness month in June we reported on the work of Dr James Bashford at King’s College London, exploring new ways of measuring muscle fasciculations

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AMBRoSIA – our biggest ever research project

12 September 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe AMBRoSIA (A Multicentre Biomarker Resource Strategy In ALS) project is our biggest, most ambitious research undertaking to date. The project funding began in August,

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Could a Diabetes drug be useful in treating MND?

2 August 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday we announce a new collaboration for a preclinical research study on the diabetes drug liraglutide, in the hope that positive results will lead to

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