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Author: Kate Arkell

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Cogane produces encouraging results in MND Association-funded study

16 January 201213 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesThanks to funding and some strategic ‘match-making’ by the MND Association, a new drug may have taken one step closer to beginning clinical trials in

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Chromosome 9 finally reveals its secrets

21 September 201122 June 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s taken a huge international collaboration, including 3 MND Association-funded scientists, to discover a genetic mistake that appears to cause almost 40% of cases of

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Pointing the finger towards the causes of MND

10 May 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutesWould it ever cross your mind that the relative lengths of your fingers might be related to the durability of your motor neurones? Probably not

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Collaboration between cancer and MND researchers produces exciting results

10 November 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s been a busy couple of weeks for exciting research results! Hot on the heels of the publication of Dr Turner’s imaging study, MND Association-funded researchers

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Three new projects, three steps closer to a world free of MND

24 September 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNext month will see the start of three new Association-funded research projects that will each move us closer to achieving some of the key targets set

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Information means informed choice

16 July 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutesAlternative treatments can be tempting if you have a disease like MND, for which conventional medicine can only offer one moderately effective drug.  Unfortunately this temptation is easily

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Kate – incurable optimist

21 June 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I started my job at the Association just four years ago we were funding 19 research projects and studentships. Researchers were using animal models

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The calm before the storm

26 April 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMND researchers from around the world who are hoping to present their work at this year’s International Symposium on ALS/MND are (we hope!) preparing to

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Spring conference reflections

20 April 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis weekend the Association held its first regional Spring Conferences for 2010 and I was lucky enough to attend Saturday’s conference in Newport. I really

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