Reading Time: 2 minutes We know that some people with MND will be affected by cognitive change and a small proportion of these will develop frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some people with MND develop an increasingly recognised form of dementia, known as frontotemporal dementia or FTD (for more information visit http://www.ftdtalk.org/). The main symptoms
Reading Time: < 1 minute PhD student Emma Smith has recently started the second year of her MND Association-funded research project at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SiTRAN) in
Reading Time: 2 minutes Just like when we put out our recycling every week, the cells in our body have their own recycling system too. One of the recycling
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prior research has already shown that build-up of the protein TDP-43 is found in the majority of cases of MND (irrespective of whether it was
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mistakes in a gene known as ALS5, or spatacsin, cause a rare form of inherited MND that develops at a much earlier age than most
Reading Time: 2 minutes During MND Awareness Month (1-30 June), we will be publishing a new post each day. Our ‘Project a Day’ series will celebrate the whole range
Reading Time: 4 minutes 332 delegates, 135 posters, 41 talks, one goal: to cure ALS The European Network for the Cure of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ENCALS) was set up
Reading Time: 3 minutes To mark International Clinical Trials Day (20 May) we reflect on the ALS Clinical Trials Guidelines workshop that took place in March. The MND Association