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Markers of Disease Progression MND Research News

Kennedy’s Disease vs ALS: How muscle patterns can aid diagnosis and perform as a novel biomarker

5 September 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers from University College London led by Dr Pietro Fratta and Dr John Thornton found that muscle imaging can help distinguish Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

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Could MND be treated by HIV drugs?

17 July 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently published results from the open-label Lighthouse trial investigating safety of the drug Triumeq in people with MND revealed the treatment was safe and ready

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

FaTHoM 2: UK-leading MND clinicians on inherited MND

20 June 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter its successful premiere in 2017, the University of Oxford organised another meeting of people affected by inherited MND, called ‘Families for the Treatment of

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Microbiome: is the answer in our guts?

31 May 20193 August 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesExploring the link between our guts and our general health is becoming increasingly popular. Studies of people with various physical and mental health conditions suggest

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Clinical Trials MND Research Treatments

Tofersen: antisense oligonucleotide drug shows promising results in Phase 1/2 trial

7 May 20199 July 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesA recent press release by the pharmaceutical company Biogen reported preliminary results from an ongoing clinical trial investigating a form of precision therapy in people

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Clinical Trials Healthcare MND Research

Paving the way towards better clinical trials

3 April 20198 April 2022

Reading Time: 10 minutes“The annals of ALS clinical trials is strewn with failed studies. Only two out of more than 70 clinical trials have been positive, and even

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Markers of Disease Progression MND Research

Kennedy’s Disease: focus on muscle damage reveals key biomarker

27 February 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesFindings from the largest biomarker study of people with Kennedy’s Disease, published in the journal Neurology, found a predictive biomarker to help in differential diagnosis

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29th Symposium: Glasgow 2018 Clinical Trials MND Research Treatments

Clinical trials: Highlights from Glasgow

14 December 201820 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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29th Symposium: Glasgow 2018 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

Lifestyle & environment: Highlights from Glasgow

13 December 201820 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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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

MND and the mind – who is affected?

18 September 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesMotor Neurone Disease (MND), as the name suggests, is known as a disease of motor neurons, a specific type of neurons that co-ordinate our voluntary

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