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Category: MND Research
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stephanie Rainey-Smith (pictured left) has recently passed her MND Association funded PhD studentship. Congratulations Stephanie! This studentship was somewhat different from the others that we fund as it
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the past 15 years, I have seen MND move from a scientific ‘backwater’ to the forefront of neurodegenerative disease research. It is noticeable these
Reading Time: < 1 minute I have been lucky in the past two years to work at the International Symposium on ALS/MND, and am always inspired by the enthusiasm, and
Reading Time: 2 minutes My reasons for being an ‘incurable optimist’ is the increasing amount of research being carried out and the number of researchers interested in MND and
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am optimistic every time I prepare a talk when I look for something new to say about advances in research. Since the discovery of
Reading Time: < 1 minute After being asked to write about why I am a research optimist, I tried to think about the achievements in MND research. After attending the Care Centre
Reading Time: < 1 minute MND does not respect national boundaries and neither does our research efforts. There are so many researchers, clinicians and health and social care professionals from
Reading Time: < 1 minute When I started my job at the Association just four years ago we were funding 19 research projects and studentships. Researchers were using animal models
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Wednesday I attended the MND care centre directors meeting. This is where all of the care centre directors, care centre co-ordinators, our regional care development