Reading Time: < 1 minute Next week is MND awareness week (19 June to 27 June). Awareness week sees the national launch of our brand new awareness campaign called Incurable Optimism,
Category: MND Research
Reading Time: 3 minutes A study, part funded by the MND Association and led by Prof Chris Shaw from King’s College London has been published in the June edition
Causes and disease mechanisms Healthcare Markers of Disease Progression MND Research Models of MND Symposium Treatments
Symposium programme begins to take shape
Reading Time: < 1 minute Over the last month the symposium programme committee, including myself and Brian, have been busy reading the abstracts submitted for presentation at the International Symposium
Reading Time: 2 minutes As Brian said earlier this week, the news that we are now funding an international stem cell project went national and indeed international through a
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s Friday afternoon and I’m just back from a press briefing in London, where we were unveiling an exciting new stem cell research programme. I’ve
Reading Time: < 1 minute GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the pharmaceutical giant, is now recruiting for a clinical trial–often referred to as the NOGO trial. The drug being tested is called ‘GSK1223249’ which isn’t the
Reading Time: 2 minutes A few days ago Professor Karen Morrison rang me. Karen is the director of the Birmingham care centre. She is also one of the principal
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the alarm went off at 6.25am on Saturday morning my body shrieked at me to stay in bed! However, as I had accepted an
Reading Time: 2 minutes In order to move forward in research it is vital that we help young, talented scientists into the world of MND research, as more top-notch
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is really quiet in the office today, with a few colleagues out and about for various reasons. As soon as the thought entered my