Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe are now funding a studentship stem cell research project! This project aims to develop a human motor neurone model of MND using skin cells
Author: Kiran Goyal
I work as a Research Officer within the MND Association to help organise the International Symposium and communicating the latest updates of MND research across our social media platforms. I graduated with a master's degree in Neuroscience from Cardiff University in 2023. I have previously supported the awareness of Fragile X syndrome within the UK.
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
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Tuesday morning we received an email from The Scotsman – a Scotland based newspaper asking us for a quote on a new research finding
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Programme Committee have now finalised the list of platform presentations for the 21st International Symposium on ALS/MND. We are now in the process of informing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMND Research is now officially on Twitter! So, not only are we blogging to take you behind the scenes of MND research but now we’re tweeting!
Reading Time: 2 minutesStephanie Rainey-Smith (pictured left) has recently passed her MND Association funded PhD studentship. Congratulations Stephanie! This studentship was somewhat different from the others that we fund as it
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have been lucky in the past two years to work at the International Symposium on ALS/MND, and am always inspired by the enthusiasm, and
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy reasons for being an ‘incurable optimist’ is the increasing amount of research being carried out and the number of researchers interested in MND and
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am optimistic every time I prepare a talk when I look for something new to say about advances in research. Since the discovery of
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMND does not respect national boundaries and neither does our research efforts. There are so many researchers, clinicians and health and social care professionals from