Reading Time: 3 minutesA 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
Category: MND Research
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Symposium programme begins to take shape
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver 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 minutesAs 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 minutesIt’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 minuteGlaxoSmithKline (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 minutesA 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 minutesWhen 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 minutesIn 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 minutesIt is really quiet in the office today, with a few colleagues out and about for various reasons. As soon as the thought entered my
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe deadline for submitting abstracts for the International Symposium on ALS/MND has now officially passed and this year, 354 abstracts were submitted to us for