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.
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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
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Lighthouse Project shines a beacon on HERVs and their role in ALS
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is recent evidence to suggest that Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs) may be involved in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). HERV-K has been directly linked to
Reading Time: 4 minutesConferences and symposia are a crucial part of the research world – not only for the amount of knowledge that is communicated to large audiences
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn April 2016, Dr Jackie Mitchell gave a talk at the Regional Conference in Gatwick to explain the aims of her three year MND Association
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn April this year MND clinician-researchers Professors Martin Turner and Kevin Talbot at the University of Oxford organised an information day about the rare, inherited
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are delighted to announce that Dr Arpan Mehta has been appointed as our latest Lady Edith Wolfson Fellow, jointly funded by the MND Association