Reading Time: 6 minutesNew and effective treatments for MND are urgently needed and many scientists around the world are working towards this goal. Throughout 2024, we saw many
Category: Markers of Disease Progression

UK clinical trial updates to look out for in 2025
Reading Time: 6 minutesNew and effective treatments for MND are urgently needed and many scientists around the world are working towards this. Throughout 2024, we saw many new

Shining a light on the next generation of MND researchers
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND, organised by the MND Association, was held on 6-8 December 2024 and welcomed over 1200 delegates to Montreal, Canada

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is a guest blog by Kelly Siemund from the University of Leipzig in Germany. I am an early-career researcher in neuroscience, specifically working on

Reading Time: 6 minutesLast month we hosted our annual event for early career researchers (ECRs) in the UK. MND EnCouRage UK is a two day event which aims

MND EnCouRage UK: Supporting the future leaders of MND research
Reading Time: 7 minutesIncreasing our understanding of MND, improving care and finding new potential treatments for the disease relies upon very talented and dedicated scientists working in MND

Reading Time: 6 minutesPlease note that this blog talks about sensitive topics such as death and tissue donation throughout. Researchers use many different tools to increase our understanding

Developing a potential microRNA blood test for ALS diagnosis
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’m Hannah, a PhD student from the University of Nottingham, and a Communications Ambassador for the 34th International Symposium on ALS/MND that took place in

Reading Time: 5 minutesHi, my name is Avril Mc Tague. I am undertaking a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland as part of the Multidisciplinary Innovation and Research Advancing Neurological care in a Digital Age (MIRANDA) doctoral award programme. This is funded by the Health Research Board in Ireland. I was one of five symposium communication ambassadors at last year’s international symposium.

Celebrating the contribution of Women to MND research
Reading Time: 7 minutesEach year the 11th of February sees the world recognise and celebrate the contributions of women in science. The International day of Women and Girls