Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 3 March 2014, researchers based at the University of Edinburgh published a research paper that extends our understanding of the childhood disease – Spinal
Category: Causes and disease mechanisms
Flying towards understanding: MND, TDP43, flies and a competition
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association has funded a number of research projects in the laboratory of Dr Frank Hirth at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you followed the reporting about the symposium last weekend, I’m willing to bet (but I haven’t checked!) that most it will have been about
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith Pantomime season kicking off back home in the UK, delegates in Milan were introduced to one of the newest cellular villains in the MND
Physical activity and MND – is there a link?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe results of new research investigating a link between physical activity and MND was presented by the University of Sheffield research group in the late-breaking
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe know that in the 5-10% of cases where there is a strong family history of MND, there is likely to be a genetic cause
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you hear the word ‘cluster’ the first thing that comes to mind is probably a group of stars – not MND. During a plenary
Reading Time: 4 minutesOmega-3 fatty acids have been in the media a great deal over recent years. They can lower our risk of heart disease and they may