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29th Symposium: Glasgow 2018 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

Disease mechanisms: Highlights from Glasgow

23 January 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis blog is part of the ‘Highlights from Glasgow’ collection of articles, where you can read about the content of some of the talks and

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29th Symposium: Glasgow 2018 Markers of Disease Progression MND Research Symposium

Tissue biomarkers: Highlights from Glasgow

4 January 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog is part of the ‘Highlights from Glasgow’ collection of articles, where you can read about the content of some of the talks and

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How is tissue donation helping us to solve the MND puzzle?

11 June 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesEach year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on the eyes – in most people

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What goes wrong with electrical signalling in MND?

21 April 201720 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year, we introduced a PhD Studentship that we are funding at the University of St Andrews. Under the supervision of Dr Gareth Miles and

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Our Visit to a Brain Bank

21 December 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesBrain banks are a vital resource in MND research. The MRC London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank was established in 1989. It is part of King’s College

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Using stem cell technology to understand more about how MND and FTD develop

26 October 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association are funding Prof Kevin Talbot, Dr Ruxandra Dafinca (née Mutihac) and colleagues at the University of Oxford, who are investigating the link

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AMBRoSIA – our biggest ever research project

12 September 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe AMBRoSIA (A Multicentre Biomarker Resource Strategy In ALS) project is our biggest, most ambitious research undertaking to date. The project funding began in August,

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