Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing on from the identification of the gene TBK1 as a contributory risk factor for MND in February, the plot thickens further with research published yesterday
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Reading Time: 2 minutesPublished on 19 February 2015 in the Journal Science, an international team of scientists have found mutations in the gene TBK1 as a contributory risk factor in MND.
Reading Time: 4 minutesToday’s announcement of the difference the ALS / MND ice bucket challenge has made included a number of areas of research investment. You’ll be hearing
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr Pietro Fratta (University College London) received his initial Training Fellowship through the MND Association/ Medical Research Council (MRC) Lady Edith Wolfson Programme in 2010.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a fitting start to a new year, the results of the Palliative and End of Life Care Priority Setting Partnership top 10 priorities for
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: 4 minutesWith all the talk of new gene discoveries in recent years, the Sunday morning scientific session returned to the original discovery in 1993 that mutations
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs well as biomedical research, we fund healthcare research to lead to better symptom management and support for people living with MND. On the final
Reading Time: 4 minutesHead injury has been a hot topic in the media in relation to MND. I also receive a number of enquiries from people living with
Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring the second day of the symposium Association-funded researcher, Dr Chris McDermott, presented his highly anticipated research on a new neck support for people living