Reading Time: 6 minutesUPDATE – The question of whether exercise causes, or contributes towards MND is still very much unanswered. But a recent study by Julian and colleagues (2021) has attempted
Category: Causes and disease mechanisms
Reading Time: 5 minutesPhysical activity and MND – part 1 Every month the Research Information team looks at ‘the stats’ for the MND Research blog. These show us
Reading Time: 3 minutesPhysical activity has always been at the forefront of factors associated with MND, but studies investigating its effect have often been conflicting. The reason why
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn recent news, a number of press releases highlighted a paper published in the journal Cell, in which scientists, under the leadership of the University
Reading Time: 6 minutesA new model of MND in mice made using CRISPR technology to edit TDP-43. The mice have cognitive changes and have uncovered new insights into MND- FTD mechanisms.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis article was written by our Senior Clinical Fellow Prof Martin Turner, a Consultant Neurologist at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. “Will it affect my children?”
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn the way to work last Wednesday, a story on BBC Radio 4 – ‘Today programme’ suddenly grabbed my attention: “February will mark the 100th
Reading Time: 5 minutesLong before the latest wave of cellular and molecular biology advances started to give us new information on what was going on at the cellular
Reading Time: 5 minutesI usually travel to London two to three times a month for meetings and lab visits. If I’ve got any length of spare time, I