Reading Time: 3 minutesProject MinE is an international genetics project that is analysing DNA from people with MND in detail. For the majority of people with MND, the disease
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Reading Time: 5 minutesDifferent ways to support breathing were the main focus of the second clinical session on day two of the Symposium. Researchers from two MND Association
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe fantastic news that Patrick Joyce and his co-inventors have won the 2015 Hackaday Prize for their ‘Eyedrivomatic’ invention is one of a number of research
Reading Time: 3 minutesUpdate (February 2017): All sites are now closed and not recruiting for participants. If you would like to be added to a waiting list for
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday an exciting announcement was made about three organisations working together to increase our knowledge on the best way to provide palliative and end of
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe last of our FTD awareness week blog posts is focussing on a healthcare project looking into FTD (frontotemporal dementia) and FTD-MND (FTD when combined with
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday we published an introductory blog on frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and described how it is sometimes found in combination with MND. Today we are looking
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn addition to the muscle weakness and wasting, MND also presents with non-motor symptoms, one of the most common being cognitive change. Research has already
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
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