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Screening for Cognitive and Behavioural Change in MND

4 October 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesMND Association-funded researcher Dr Sharon Abrahams (University of Edinburgh) has recently published an article on the Edinburgh Cognitive ALS Screen (ECAS) in the prestigious journal

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The UK MND DNA Bank opens its doors to researchers around the world

1 October 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesBy 2011 the UK motor neurone disease (MND) DNA Bank had collected over 3,000 samples from people living with MND in the UK, their family

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Researchers in Australia identify how blue-green algae may cause some cases of MND

26 September 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesA toxin known as β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA), which is found in blue-green algae, has been shown to cause proteins inside cells to clump together and cause cell

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Attracting Promising Research – Project Grant Applications

19 September 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesSummer has gone and autumn has arrived, which means it is time to open our Online Summary Application Form for our next round of research

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Unproven treatments: Have you really got nothing to lose by trying it?

16 September 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe only ‘proven’ treatment to slow the progression of MND is Riluzole. There are, however, many organisations offering expensive ‘unproven’ and ‘alternative’ treatments for MND.

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24th Symposium: Milan 2013 MND Research Symposium

Abstract statistics

28 August 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the heat of August (for once I can actually write that, without my fingers crossed behind my back!), statistics relating to the production of

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The International Symposium on ALS/MND

23 August 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery year in December the MND Association organizes the largest medical and scientific conference specific to MND in the world. The International Symposium on ALS/MND attracts over

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How to use this blog

12 August 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe MND research blog aims to provide you with up-to-date information on the research development team’s activities as well as exciting news on MND research.

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New MND Association Lectureship in Translational Neuroscience

29 July 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr Richard Mead based at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) at the University of Sheffield has been awarded the Kenneth Snowman-MND Association Lectureship

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Stem cells and growth factors: from bench to bedside

24 June 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter a brilliant first day at ENCALS, which included a talk by Dr Johannes Brettschneider, the second day began with a talk by Thierry Latran

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