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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

More information for families affected by inherited MND available online

2 August 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn April this year MND clinician-researchers Professors Martin Turner and Kevin Talbot at the University of Oxford organised an information day about the rare, inherited

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Closing the door on toxic proteins – new clues in understanding a genetic form of MND

5 July 201720 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe defects in the C9orf72 gene are known to cause motor neurone disease, but researchers don’t understand why. Defective copies of this gene are passed

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Clinical Trials MND Research Treatments

Edaravone – a month on since the FDA announcement

22 June 201720 May 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s been over a month since the announcement by the FDA of their decision to licence edaravone / Radicava for people with MND in the

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MND Research

Stem cells and MND

6 June 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesEach year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on the eyes – in most people

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Clinical Trials MND Research News Treatments

Edaravone (Radicava) approved to treat MND in USA – what does this mean for people with MND in the UK

6 May 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Friday 5 May in America, the FDA, the organisation that approves drugs, announced that they’d granted a licence for the drug known as a

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

Funding for Gut-sy MND research announced

29 March 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday the Reta Lila Weston Trust announced that they will be funding Dr Nikhil Sharma and colleagues at the Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre (LWENC)

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Healthcare MND Research

New research projects agreed to help improve palliative and end of life care

22 March 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesToday we announced the results of an exciting new funding partnership with Marie Curie. Together we will be co-funding three research grants that help to

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

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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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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