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Making Gene Therapies Smarter and Safer

28 July 202528 July 2025 Gen Temple

MND EnCouRage UK 2025: Encouraging the future leaders of MND research

22 July 202523 July 2025 Eleanor Green

MND EnCouRage UK: Looking back at four years of supporting the next generation of MND researchers

14 July 202514 July 2025 Katy Barnes

How can biomarkers be used in clinical trials in MND?

8 July 20258 July 2025 Research Information Team

What are clinical trials?

8 July 20258 July 2025 Research Information Team

What biomarkers do we have for MND?

8 July 20258 July 2025 Research Information Team
Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Does physical activity cause MND? A fresh look at the evidence

23 May 201815 July 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesPhysical activity and MND – part 1 Every month the Research Information team looks at ‘the stats’ for the MND Research blog. These show us

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Collaboration and Consortium Cracking the Code: Uncovering KIF5A – MND gene

9 May 201820 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutes‘Big data’ projects require detailed analysis of unimaginably large volumes of complex data. This is especially true in the realm of MND gene discovery when

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Physical activity and the odds of developing MND

24 April 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesPhysical activity has always been at the forefront of factors associated with MND, but studies investigating its effect have often been conflicting. The reason why

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Stuck in FUS – the story of arginines, MND and FTD

22 April 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn recent news, a number of press releases highlighted a paper published in the journal Cell, in which scientists, under the leadership of the University

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Models of MND

Mice and Marbles: A CRISPR Model of Motor Neurone Disease

23 March 20182 August 2024

Reading Time: 6 minutesA new model of MND in mice made using CRISPR technology to edit TDP-43. The mice have cognitive changes and have uncovered new insights into MND- FTD mechanisms.

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Fathoming MND

19 March 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis article was written by our Senior Clinical Fellow Prof Martin Turner, a Consultant Neurologist at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. “Will it affect my children?”

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MND Research

The ALS RAP

9 March 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesYesterday, we were delighted to unveil a new research collaboration that we believe will greatly improve the quality and pace of MND research – not only

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MND Research

Work Experience with the Research Development team

21 February 201810 July 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesMy name is Kiera Belson and I have just completed three days of work experience at the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association for an award

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund

Standing on the shoulders of… Dorothy Hodgkin

31 January 20182 August 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutesOn the way to work last Wednesday, a story on BBC Radio 4 – ‘Today programme’ suddenly grabbed my attention: “February will mark the 100th

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Healthcare MND Research Research we fund

Tackling weight loss in MND – from ProGas to PostGas

16 January 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesSwallowing problems are an incredibly common cause of malnutrition and weight loss in MND patients. To add to this, weight loss in MND is associated

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