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Month: February 2022

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Models of MND News

New discovery reveals why mysterious genetic variant impacts ALS severity

24 February 20222 August 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutesMy name is Oscar Wilkins and I am a PhD student working with Professors Pietro Fratta (recipient of a MND Association Research Fellowship) and Jernej

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32nd Symposium: Virtual MND Research

How technology can play a role in connecting with the people you love

22 February 202222 February 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes“Go set the world on fire!” This is how Steve Gleason, a former professional American football player who is now living with ALS, finished his

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Symposium Spotlight: Lets talk about saliva

18 February 202218 February 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesLike many things we take for granted, it’s easy to forget the importance of our saliva. Until we begin to think about it, we are

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Clinical Trials MND Research

Silence is golden: A new clinical trial for FUS-ALS 

14 February 202225 February 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesResearchers at King’s College London led by Professor Christopher Shaw, are the first in Europe to embark on a clinical trial targeting a specific genetic

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Dear diary… Using diaries to understand the challenges of MND

8 February 20228 February 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesGuest researcher blog post written by Nicola Glennie. When you throw a pebble into a pond, the ripples caused by the initial splash can reach

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Written in the stars – do astrocytes hold the key to motor neurone death?

2 February 20222 February 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesYears ago, it was believed that it was only the motor neurones, the long nerve cells that carry messages from the brain to the muscles

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