Reading Time: 3 minutesFunded by the MND Association, international researchers have used stem cell technology to learn more about the relationship between motor neurones and their support cells.
Author: Kelly Edwards
Reading Time: 4 minutesA collaborative American research group, led by Prof Aaron Gitler from Stanford University School of Medicine in California, has identified a potential therapeutic target for
Reading Time: 3 minutesPromising results from a Phase II clinical trial for a drug called NP001 have been announced by the biopharmaceutical company Neuraltus. The trial, conducted in America, suggested
Reading Time: 4 minutesDr Johnathan Cooper-Knock from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) has been awarded with the fifth Medical Research Council (MRC)/MND Association Lady Edith Wolfson
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn international research group spanning seven countries and including 23 researchers has identified a gene that modifies survival in MND. The gene, called EPHA4 was identified through
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn MND causing gene called profilin 1 has been identified as the cause of about two percent of cases of inherited MND. This finding provides new insights
Reading Time: 4 minutesLast year, we helped Olly Clabburn to advertise an opportunity to take part in his dissertation research project on our website and in our monthly membership
Reading Time: 3 minutesAngiogenin was discovered as a cause of MND for a small number of families affected by the inherited form of MND in 2006. Since then,
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re pleased to announce that Dr Martin Turner has been awarded with the European Network for the Cure of ALS (ENCALS) Young Investigators Award 2012.