Reading Time: 2 minutesBackground to C9orf72 toxicity We know that damage to C9orf72 (both the gene and the protein it makes) is a crucial step in why some
Category: Models of MND
Reading Time: 2 minutesA team at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience are creating a zebrafish model to study the C9orf72 gene mutation in MND, and work out
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dr Frank Hirth is one of the world’s leading fruit fly MND researchers. Based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College
Reading Time: 4 minutesResearchers identify that loss of nerve signalling may be an early sign of MND Published in Nature Communications on 12 January 2015, Association-funded PhD student Anna-Claire
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe opening presentation of this morning’s session of the International Symposium on ALS/MND set the tone for the rest of the day – almost literally,
25th Symposium: Brussels 2014 Markers of Disease Progression MND Research Models of MND Research we fund Symposium
A taste of Brussels…
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 4 November, we welcomed two of our funded researchers to our offices in Northampton. Ruxandra Mutihac and Matt Gabel gave us a ‘taste’ of what’s to come for
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Very ‘ice’ research
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe ALS #icebucketchallenge, which started in America, has now well and truly hit the UK! The social media craze has seen thousands of people getting
Reading Time: 4 minutesA number of articles were published in various news sources on 11 July 2014, highlighting how scientists in Sheffield are working towards testing a promising