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33rd Symposium: Virtual Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium Symposium Blogathon

Symposium Blogathon: Focus on Lifestyle and Environment

24 November 202224 November 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog is part of our Symposium Blogathon series – where we are counting down to the 33rd International Symposium. Numbers in bold blue type correspond

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33rd Symposium: Virtual Causes and disease mechanisms Healthcare MND Research Symposium Symposium Blogathon

Symposium Blogathon: Focus on… Diagnosis and Genetic Testing

22 November 202224 November 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog is part of our Symposium Blogathon series – where we are counting down to the 33rd International Symposium. Numbers in bold blue type correspond

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33rd Symposium: Virtual Causes and disease mechanisms Symposium Symposium Blogathon

Symposium Blogathon: Focus on… Róisín McMackin

14 November 20222 August 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis blog is part of our Symposium Blogathon series – where we are counting down to the 33rd International Symposium. Numbers in bold blue type correspond

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Causes and disease mechanisms Markers of Disease Progression MND Research News

Could evidence of MND be found years before the development of physical symptoms?

26 October 20222 August 2024

Reading Time: 6 minutesA recent paper (October 2022), published in the journal Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research suggests that evidence of MND can be seen inside people years before

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New research: Is there a link between rugby and MND?

4 October 20225 October 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesOn Tuesday 4 October 2022, a new paper was published which investigated the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease, such as MND, among former Scottish

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Revisited: should routine genetic testing be considered for all cases of MND?

27 September 202226 September 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe recent publication of the results from the Phase 3 Tofersen trial, an experimental gene therapy for the treatment of MND in people with a

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Travel disruptions: transport along neurones in MND

23 August 20222 August 2024

Reading Time: 6 minutesA newly published paper in Acta Neuropathologica Communications has shed light on the behaviour of healthy motor neurones compared to motor neurones found in MND.

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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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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Written in the stars – do astrocytes hold the key to motor neurone death?

2 February 20222 February 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesYears ago, it was believed that it was only the motor neurones, the long nerve cells that carry messages from the brain to the muscles

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32nd Symposium: Virtual Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Models of MND Treatments

Drug discovery and development

23 November 20212 August 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is blog number 17 in our ‘Symposium Blogathon’ – counting down to the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND. Numbers in bold green type correspond

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