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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.

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32nd Symposium: Virtual Healthcare MND Research Symposium

Symposium Spotlight: Experience of a Researcher

8 June 20228 June 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesWith planning for the 33rd International Symposium in full swing, we are back chatting to Silverio Conte, Chief of International Relations at Associazione conSLAncio Onlus,

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Markers of Disease Progression MND Research

A ‘wee molecule’: the tiny urinary biomarker neopterin and its role in MND progression

1 April 20227 April 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesMy name is Stephanie Shepheard, and I am a Research Associate in the Motor Neuron Disease & Neurotrophic Research Laboratory (MND&NR Lab), Flinders Health &

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32nd Symposium: Virtual Clinical Trials MND Research

What a difference a year makes: on entering the ALS research community 

9 March 20229 March 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is a guest blog written by Danielle Boyce, DPA, MPH, Executive Director, the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research and Answer ALS Research Program;

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Models of MND News

New discovery reveals why mysterious genetic variant impacts ALS severity

24 February 20222 August 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutesMy name is Oscar Wilkins and I am a PhD student working with Professors Pietro Fratta (recipient of a MND Association Research Fellowship) and Jernej

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32nd Symposium: Virtual Healthcare MND Research Research we fund

Symposium Spotlight: Lets talk about saliva

18 February 202218 February 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesLike many things we take for granted, it’s easy to forget the importance of our saliva. Until we begin to think about it, we are

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Dear diary… Using diaries to understand the challenges of MND

8 February 20228 February 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesGuest researcher blog post written by Nicola Glennie. When you throw a pebble into a pond, the ripples caused by the initial splash can reach

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MND Research

Meet the latest members of the Research Team

25 October 202125 October 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutesHi everyone! Ever wondered who is behind some of the research blogs that you read? It’s the research information team. It is not just the

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MND Research Research we fund

Celebrating Peer Review

22 September 202122 October 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis week marks global Peer Review Week and we are joining the international science community in celebrating the role that peer reviewers play in the

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MND Research Research we fund

Translational research in MND: Our partnership with LifeArc

3 September 202127 February 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutesTranslational Research is the term used to describe studies that are the bridge between fundamental laboratory-based research and the testing of potential therapies (often by

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MND Research News

Connecting Patient Data and Artificial Intelligence to Advance MND Research

3 August 20213 August 2021

Reading Time: 5 minutes“The search for new drugs to help MND patients is a long and challenging one, but it is one where we are beginning to see

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