Reading Time: 3 minutesThis year’s Annual Conference research talk was given by Dr Chris McDermott and focused on his research at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SiTraN).
Category: Research we fund
Reading Time: 4 minutesDr Johnathan Cooper-Knock from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) has been awarded with the fifth Medical Research Council (MRC)/MND Association Lady Edith Wolfson
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re pleased to announce that Dr Martin Turner has been awarded with the European Network for the Cure of ALS (ENCALS) Young Investigators Award 2012.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpring has finally sprung and so it’s now time to open our online summary application form for our next round of research grant applications. This
Reading Time: 5 minutesFrom Sunday morning to Tuesday evening last week, there was a lot of talk of MND research going on in Liverpool. The reason for this
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday, we announced on our website the disappointing news that the UK-based lithium clinical trial showed that lithium carbonate is ineffective at treating MND. Commenting
Reading Time: 2 minutesThanks to funding and some strategic ‘match-making’ by the MND Association, a new drug may have taken one step closer to beginning clinical trials in
Reading Time: 4 minutesAnd the answers to our Christmas Quiz are: How many neurones does a human have? Billions Which animal has the largest brain? Bottlenose dolphin How
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s taken a huge international collaboration, including 3 MND Association-funded scientists, to discover a genetic mistake that appears to cause almost 40% of cases of