Reading Time: 5 minutes I usually travel to London two to three times a month for meetings and lab visits. If I’ve got any length of spare time, I
Reading Time: 3 minutes Warmest congratulation to Dr Marka van Blitterswijk of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, winner of this year’s Paulo Gontijo Prize in Medicine. The Award
Reading Time: 3 minutes It was only one week after the 27th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Dublin had ended when we started the next stage of planning for
Reading Time: 3 minutes Whilst the vast majority of MND research happens in the lab, there is also an increasing amount of research activity looking into how best to
Reading Time: 2 minutes In their official press release published on 21 November 2017, Cytokinetics Inc. announced that they will not be continuing work on tirasemtiv after disappointing results
Reading Time: 3 minutes As I settle into my role as the Research Programmes and Partnerships Manager with the MND Association, I would like to take the opportunity to
Reading Time: 3 minutes At last year’s Airlie House workshop to develop new ALS/MND Clinical Trial Guidelines the focus was, of course, on MND, but there was also important input
Lighthouse Project shines a beacon on HERVs and their role in ALS
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is recent evidence to suggest that Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs) may be involved in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). HERV-K has been directly linked to
Reading Time: 4 minutes Conferences and symposia are a crucial part of the research world – not only for the amount of knowledge that is communicated to large audiences
Reading Time: 4 minutes In April 2016, Dr Jackie Mitchell gave a talk at the Regional Conference in Gatwick to explain the aims of her three year MND Association