Reading Time: 3 minutesTissue donation has played a vital role in many important MND research findings. Without the generosity of individuals who decide to donate their brains and spinal cords to
Category: MND Research
Reading Time: 2 minutes1.What percentage of our genes do we share with a chimp? 98 2.What percentage of our genes do we share with a mouse? 90 3.Our
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the tradition of newspaper Christmas quizzes or bumper crossword puzzles, I had the bright idea that we could publish something similar here. In the
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith all the excitement of the symposium in Orlando, it is still business as usual for the next research grants round. As some of you
Reading Time: 2 minutes After three days of deep discussion and debate among researchers clinicians and health and social care professionals, the final talks of the symposium begin. The
Reading Time: 2 minutesMND isn’t just about motor neurones going wrong in an otherwise perfectly functioning nervous system. A group of cells called glia, which surround motor neurones
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI attended a fantastic talk this morning in the session on ‘Translational Strategies’. This session is all about moving laboratory ideas for new treatments for
Reading Time: 2 minutesA very natural response to receiving a diagnosis of MND is to ask ‘Why me?’. Many people with the disease question whether their MND could
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe International Symposium on ALS/MND has now begun! As researchers, clinicians and health and social care professionals from around the world came together in the