Reading Time: 3 minutesMotor neurone disease (MND) can cause weakness in the chest muscles involved in breathing. This leads to shortness of breath and symptoms including disturbed sleep
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Reading Time: 5 minutesResults from the UK clinical trial of diaphragm pacing in MND/ALS (known as DiPALS) were published online today in the journal Lancet Neurology. DiPALS was
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt present there is no diagnostic test for MND, and diagnosis is usually determined through clinical observations and by excluding other diseases. Because of this,
Reading Time: 5 minutesA clinical trial of Jedi proportions… The MND Association is backing a new clinical trial in MND, known as MIROCALS. This will be a joint
Reading Time: 3 minutesMedical Research Council (MRC)/ MND Association Lady Edith Wolfson Clinical Fellow, Dr Jakub Scaber, attended the European Network for a Cure of ALS (ENCALS) meeting
Reading Time: 3 minutesMND Association-funded researchers, Prof Dame Kay Davies and Dr Peter Oliver, both based at the University of Oxford, have identified the oxidation resistance 1 (OXR1)
Reading Time: 3 minutesUnder the leadership of Dr Christopher McDermott, based at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), research published today on 29 May 2015 in the
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are pleased to announce that as well as applications for our next round for PhD Studentship applications, we are also accepting applications for our
Reading Time: 3 minutesProfessor Winston Hide gave his inaugural lecture on 17 March, during Brain Awareness week, entitled ‘breaking the human genome code – opening Pandora’s box’, which you can watch
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