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MIROCALS: breaking down the trial results

9 May 20259 May 2025 Research Information Team

Improving Care at Home: A New Study into Complex Homecare in MND (CHiMND)

1 May 20251 May 2025 Gen Temple

Symposium Highlights: Cells and MND

26 March 202526 March 2025 Katy Barnes

Symposium highlights: A spotlight on glial cells in MND

19 March 202519 March 2025 Libby Moody

International clinical trial updates to look out for in 2025

14 March 202514 March 2025 Eleanor Green

UK clinical trial updates to look out for in 2025

12 March 202513 March 2025 Eleanor Green
29th Symposium: Glasgow 2018 Clinical Trials MND Research Treatments

Clinical trials: Highlights from Glasgow

14 December 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog is part of the ‘Highlights from Glasgow’ collection of articles, where you can read about the content of some of the talks and

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29th Symposium: Glasgow 2018 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

Lifestyle & environment: Highlights from Glasgow

13 December 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog is part of the ‘Highlights from Glasgow’ collection of articles, where you can read about the content of some of the talks and

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The effects of ashwagandha in a SOD1 mouse model of MND

3 October 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe research team frequently gets asked about the effectiveness of alternative therapies and their use as treatments for MND. Here we report on a recent

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

MND and the mind – who is affected?

18 September 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesMotor Neurone Disease (MND), as the name suggests, is known as a disease of motor neurons, a specific type of neurons that co-ordinate our voluntary

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MND research around the world

15 August 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn the last decade, the MND Association has invested millions in research within the UK and across the world. We are a leader in the

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Why do we need the MND Register?

7 August 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhilst we believe that there are currently around 5,000 adults in the UK living with MND at any one time, the precise figure is not

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Steps to understanding MND

3 August 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesLove them or loath them, the band Steps’ first single ‘5,6,7,8’ was a techno line dance song released in 1998 from their debut album ‘step

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AMBRoSIA and NECTAR – Make your mark on MND

18 July 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt has been almost a year since we announced that AMBRoSIA (A Multicentre Biomarker Resource Strategy In ALS) had begun to recruit participants (read the

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What’s going on inside? Possible mechanisms associated with physical activity and MND

12 July 201822 July 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesUPDATE  – The question of whether exercise causes, or contributes towards MND is still very much unanswered. But a recent study by Julian and colleagues (2021) has attempted

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Healthcare MND Research

Exercise after diagnosis – a closer look at the evidence

12 June 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 6 minutesPhysical activity and MND – part 2 This is part two of our series of blogs looking at links between physical activity and MND. This

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