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Research on the best practical support for people with cognitive change

7 June 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe know that some people with MND will be affected by cognitive change and a small proportion of these will develop frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The

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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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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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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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Looking for MND genes: Project MinE update

17 March 201616 February 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutesProject MinE is an international genetics project that is analysing DNA from people with MND in detail. For the majority of people with MND, the disease

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 Healthcare Symposium

Choices around invasive ventilation

13 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesMechanical ventilation for people with motor neurone disease (MND) is a sensitive and little discussed topic. Yesterday’s respiratory management session of the International Symposium on

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 MND Research Symposium

Update on gene therapy approaches to treating neurodegenerative disease

13 December 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery day there are two sets of talks going on at the same time during the International Symposium. On Saturday morning there was a symmetry

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 MND Research Symposium

Improving the classification of ALS – can we make it logical?

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday at the International Symposium on ALS/MND Prof Ammar Al-Chalabi (Director of King’s Care Centre and Professor of Complex Genetics at King’s College London) cautioned

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 MND Research Symposium

Changing the way we think about the causes of MND

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAdult onset condition, those with genetic mutations associated with the disease don’t get it until they’re adults, starts in one place and then it spreads,

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Do retroviruses contribute to the common, sporadic form of MND?

1 October 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesNew research from scientists at the American National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda suggest that they might. In a research paper published

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