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The ALS RAP

9 March 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesYesterday, we were delighted to unveil a new research collaboration that we believe will greatly improve the quality and pace of MND research – not only

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28th Symposium: Boston 2017 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

It’s not just about the neurones

5 January 20182 August 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesLong before the latest wave of cellular and molecular biology advances started to give us new information on what was going on at the cellular

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28th Symposium: Boston 2017 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

Libraries, Doormen and Harry Potter

9 December 20172 August 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesI usually travel to London two to three times a month for meetings and lab visits. If I’ve got any length of spare time, I

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Understanding disease variability – the 2017 IPG prize winner

9 December 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWarmest congratulation to Dr Marka van Blitterswijk of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, winner of this year’s Paulo Gontijo Prize in Medicine. The Award

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Healthcare MND Research

Commitment to COMMENDable research

24 November 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhilst the vast majority of MND research happens in the lab, there is also an increasing amount of research activity looking into how best to

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MND Research Treatments

Lithium revisited: Is there a baby in the bathwater?

13 October 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt last year’s Airlie House workshop to develop new ALS/MND Clinical Trial Guidelines the focus was, of course, on MND, but there was also important input

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IPG Prize recognises young research talent

7 December 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesI firmly believe that the quality of research is only as good as the researcher doing it, which is why the MND Association places a

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Research we fund

New fellowship to investigate muscle fasciculations

5 October 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring Awareness month in June we reported on the work of Dr James Bashford at King’s College London, exploring new ways of measuring muscle fasciculations

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Could a Diabetes drug be useful in treating MND?

2 August 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday we announce a new collaboration for a preclinical research study on the diabetes drug liraglutide, in the hope that positive results will lead to

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Clinical Trials MND Research

ALS/MND Clinical Trial Guidelines: your opportunity to comment!

29 July 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesA few months ago we wrote an article about the ALS Clinical Trials Workshop which took place in Virginia, USA. Since then the Guidelines Working

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