Reading Time: 3 minutesThe defects in the C9orf72 gene are known to cause motor neurone disease, but researchers don’t understand why. Defective copies of this gene are passed
Category: Causes and disease mechanisms
Reading Time: 3 minutesA new research paper has been published today in the Science Translational Medicine journal, describing a new gene implicated in developing MND. What is this gene
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year, we introduced a PhD Studentship that we are funding at the University of St Andrews. Under the supervision of Dr Gareth Miles and
Reading Time: 3 minutesMention the word Epidemiology and instantly my mind conjures up the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in America being swarmed by zombies or men in
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn light of the upcoming Biomedical Research Advisory Panel meeting happening on Friday 7 April that will discuss which new research projects the MND Association will fund,
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday the Reta Lila Weston Trust announced that they will be funding Dr Nikhil Sharma and colleagues at the Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre (LWENC)
Reading Time: 3 minutesOver 100 talks were given at this month’s International Symposium on ALS/MND in Dublin. There were also over 450 posters of research being presented too.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs well as all the networking, debate and new information being shared, the International Symposium on ALS/MND is also a time to celebrate achievements by
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat causes MND is the question that so many of us want to know. For the majority of people with MND we know that it
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday we announce a new collaboration for a preclinical research study on the diabetes drug liraglutide, in the hope that positive results will lead to