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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund

Understanding more about how the cell’s batteries are affected in MND

5 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minutePhD student Emma Smith has recently started the second year of her MND Association-funded research project at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SiTRAN) in

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund

Finding a connection between the cell’s waste disposal system and MND

4 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesJust like when we put out our recycling every week, the cells in our body have their own recycling system too. One of the recycling

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund

The role of the protein TDP-43 in MND due to C9orf72 mutations

3 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesMistakes in the C9orf72 gene are the most common cause of inherited MND, and can be linked to about 40% of all cases. Now that

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Understanding and preventing the protein build-up that can cause nerve cells to die

2 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesPrior research has already shown that build-up of the protein TDP-43 is found in the majority of cases of MND (irrespective of whether it was

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Using fruit flies to understand a genetic cause of MND

1 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesMistakes in a gene known as ALS5, or spatacsin, cause a rare form of inherited MND that develops at a much earlier age than most

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30 chapters of MND research

31 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring MND Awareness Month (1-30 June), we will be publishing a new post each day. Our ‘Project a Day’ series will celebrate the whole range

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Collaborating across Europe to find a cure: ENCALS 2016

27 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes332 delegates, 135 posters, 41 talks, one goal: to cure ALS The European Network for the Cure of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ENCALS) was set up

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Re-evaluating clinical trial guidelines for MND

20 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesTo mark International Clinical Trials Day (20 May) we reflect on the ALS Clinical Trials Guidelines workshop that took place in March. The MND Association

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Pesticides linked to increased risk of developing MND

10 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe results from a study looking at the possible links between exposure to environmental toxins (found in pesticides) and motor neurone disease (MND) was published

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Come and take part in a dance event to raise awareness of MND research

25 April 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sunday 8 May there’s a chance to see ( and possibly take part in) an interactive dance performance about MND research called ‘Action Potential’.

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