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Zebrafish study provides innovative ideas for new treatment strategies

Reading Time: 2 minutes A study on zebrafish has increased our understanding of how motor neurones work and has provided potential clues for the development of future treatments for MND. The study, led by Dr Catherina Becker from University of Edinburgh, showed that a unique motor neurone repair system found in zebrafish can be enhanced if a particular signal called Notch1 is…

Our DNA bank appeal to feature on BBC Radio 4

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sunday 8 January is not only a celebration of Prof Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, it’s also the date when the MND Association’s DNA bank appeal will be launched on BBC Radio 4. Our DNA bank contains over 3,400 samples from people with MND and their families.  By using these samples scientists in this country have…

Thinking outside the neurone and toward the stars

Reading Time: 2 minutes By using spinal cord donations from people with MND, an American group of researchers have created a new, human ‘in a dish’ model of MND. Their results were published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Human neuronal progenitor cells, which have the potential to turn into brain cells but not other types of cell, were extracted from…