Reading Time: 5 minutes In July we hosted our annual event for early career researchers (ECRs) in the UK. MND EnCouRage UK is a two day event which aims
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The MND Association’s vision is a world free from MND. Realising this vision means investing more in research, further developing partnerships with the research community, funding bodies and industry, while ensuring that advances in understanding and treating MND are communicated as quickly and effectively as possible.
Reading Time: 6 minutes Last month we hosted our annual event for early career researchers (ECRs) in the UK. MND EnCouRage UK is a two day event which aims
Reading Time: 2 minutes Welcome to our new blog series which takes MND research back to basics. The Back to Basics series aims to provide members of the MND
Reading Time: 5 minutes Motor neurone disease (MND) is a term used to cover a group of diseases where a particular nerve cell in the nervous system, called a
Reading Time: 7 minutes The exact causes of motor neurone disease (MND) are currently not known. It is thought a number of genetic, environmental and lifestyle risk factors need
Reading Time: 7 minutes MND research has exploded over the last decade and we know more about the disease now than ever before. However, there are still many things
Reading Time: 5 minutes Hi, I’m Ben, a researcher working at Sheffield University. I attended last year’s International Symposium on ALS/MND as one of the Symposium Communication Ambassadors and
Reading Time: 7 minutes Hi, I’m Heather, a PhD student from King’s College London, and a Communications Ambassador for the 34th International Symposium on ALS/MND which was held in Basel last December. Over 1,300 attendees from around the world gathered to connect with researchers and people affected by MND and engage with the latest research presented in the platform presentation and poster sessions. In this blog post, I will be sharing several of my personal highlights of the symposium, which cover how differences in our genetic code can be explored to understand their effects on MND risk and progression.