Reading Time: 4 minutesFollowing on from our ’year of hope’ appeal last month an international team of researchers, including two funded by the MND Association, have identified mutations
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Flying towards understanding: MND, TDP43, flies and a competition
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association has funded a number of research projects in the laboratory of Dr Frank Hirth at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMND Association-funded researchers from the University of Liverpool have published results in the prestigious open access journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Under the
Reading Time: 5 minutesVictoria Pugh is studying for her PhD at the Universities of Bradford and Reading, which is funded by the MND Association. Under the leadership of Prof
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a very exciting time for us. We are again in the middle of another bumper grants round with 23 full applications received. We
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe results of new research investigating a link between physical activity and MND was presented by the University of Sheffield research group in the late-breaking
Reading Time: 4 minutesPlenary speaker Dr Massimo Filippi put this question to delegates on the second day of the 24th International Symposium on ALS/MND. Opening the session on
Reading Time: 4 minutesBackground to TDP43 A characteristic sign of motor neurones affected by motor neurone disease is the clumps of protein visible down a microscope. Although these
Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing on from the two talks on genetic testing; the first day of the 24th International Symposium on ALS/MND continued with a number of high
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe exact course, duration and rate of progression of MND often varies greatly from person to person; even when there is a known family history