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How can biomarkers be used in clinical trials in MND?

8 July 20258 July 2025

Reading Time: 8 minutesIn the previous blogs we explored what a biomarker is and looked at the stages of drug development and clinical trials. In this blog we

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What are clinical trials?

8 July 20258 July 2025

Reading Time: 7 minutesThere is an urgent need for more effective treatments for MND. Researchers are focused on identifying more potential treatments for the disease and these are

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What biomarkers do we have for MND?

8 July 20258 July 2025

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn our previous blog, we explained what biomarkers are and what they can be used for. In this blog, we dive further into the world

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What are biomarkers and why do we need them?

8 July 20258 July 2025

Reading Time: 6 minutesIn this blog, we will give a general introduction to biomarkers, including what they are and how they can be used. Then, in the next

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What is genetic MND?

8 July 20258 July 2025

Reading Time: 7 minutesIt is thought that a number of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors combine before most forms of MND develop. While researchers are still trying to

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MIROCALS: breaking down the trial results

9 May 202512 May 2025

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe results of the MIROCALS clinical trial into the effects of low dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) on people with MND have now been published in The

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Symposium Highlights: Primary Lateral Sclerosis Conference

13 February 202518 February 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn December 2024, we hosted the 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Montreal, Canada. The International Symposium brings together researchers, healthcare professionals and people with and

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Symposium Highlights: A Former Carer’s Perspective

30 January 202513 February 2025

Reading Time: 7 minutesLast month, we hosted the 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Montreal, Canada. The International Symposium brings together researchers, healthcare professionals and people with and affected

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Symposium Highlights: An Early Career Researcher’s Perspective

22 January 202528 January 2025

Reading Time: 5 minutesLast month, we hosted the 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Montreal, Canada. The International Symposium brings together researchers, healthcare professionals and people with and

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Poor Connections: Investigating the role of faulty signals between cells in MND

18 December 202418 December 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is a guest blog by Kelly Siemund from the University of Leipzig in Germany. I am an early-career researcher in neuroscience, specifically working on

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