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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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New genetic discoveries tell us more about what causes MND – Part 2

27 July 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo sets of MND genetic results were published yesterday. One of these results was about the importance of a new gene called NEK1. The second

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New genetic discoveries tell us more about what causes MND – Part 1

26 July 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday some exciting news about the genetics of MND was published in the scientific journal Nature Genetics. The results come in two research papers published

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Motor neurone signalling and the effects of RNA in MND

30 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDr Pietro Fratta completed his first MRC-MND Association Clinical Research Training Fellowship in 2014. Last year he was awarded a new £1.16 million Clinician Scientist

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Developing ultrasound imaging as a potential non-invasive diagnostic tool for MND

23 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen diagnosing MND, it is important to look at the activity and impact of the motor neurones themselves – is the electrical message being carried

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Developing a blood test for MND by linking changes in the brain and spinal cord

21 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesDeveloping a way to rapidly diagnose and track how MND progresses over time is a ‘holy grail’ of MND research. The search for so called

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Using DNA Bank samples to create iPSC models of MND

19 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesInduced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology has enabled researchers to create and study living human motor neurones in the lab, derived originally from patient skin

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Investigating C9orf72 and TDP-43 proteins in a fruitfly model of MND

17 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesBackground to C9orf72 toxicity We know that damage to C9orf72 (both the gene and the protein it makes) is a crucial step in why some

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Flying towards an understanding of TDP-43

13 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you looked at the motor neurones of people with MND down the microscope you would see clumps of a protein called TDP-43. Researchers around

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Developing models to test new treatments for MND

12 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDeveloping disease models is important for furthering our understanding of MND and allows researchers to screen potential new drugs for a beneficial effect. Moving a

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