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Finding new treatments for MND

27 November 202525 November 2025 Research Information Team

Understanding what goes wrong in MND

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Improving care and quality of life in MND

13 November 202513 November 2025 Research Information Team

Studying the biology of MND

6 November 20256 November 2025 Research Information Team

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

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Markers of Disease Progression MND Research Research we fund

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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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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