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Inspiring a New Generation of Scientists at New Scientist Live 2025

3 November 20253 November 2025 Katy Barnes
A road with a speed bumps warning and a sign that says 'stage 4: is a result 'true' in people?

The MND Research Journey: Beyond the Lab Bench

13 October 202513 October 2025 Research Information Team
The MND Research Journey

The MND Research Journey: Navigating the first miles

13 October 202513 October 2025 Research Information Team
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Welcome to the Lab

13 October 202513 October 2025 Research Information Team

Behind the Scenes of Peer Review

18 September 202518 September 2025 Eleanor Green

Finding Purpose, Building Connections and Expanding Horizons: Reflections from the MND EnCouRage UK Conference

3 September 20253 September 2025 Research Information Team
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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MND Research Models of MND Unproven treatments

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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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

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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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

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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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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