Reading Time: 4 minutes332 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 minutesTo mark International Clinical Trials Day (20 May) we reflect on the ALS Clinical Trials Guidelines workshop that took place in March. The MND Association
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe results from a study looking at the possible links between exposure to environmental toxins (found in pesticides) and motor neurone disease (MND) was published
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sunday 8 May there’s a chance to see ( and possibly take part in) an interactive dance performance about MND research called ‘Action Potential’.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHuge congratulations to Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi for winning the prestigious Sheila Essey Award at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) research conference taking place in Vancouver, Canada. Professor
Reading Time: 4 minutesJanine Kirby is a Non-Clinical Reader in Neurogenetics and is celebrating 20 years in motor neurone disease (MND) research this month. Here she tells us
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe recent announcement about the use of stem cells to treat a form of multiple sclerosis (MS), together with early results from the BrainStorm stem
Reading Time: 5 minutesClinical trials determine if potential treatments are safe and aim to prove beyond reasonable doubt whether a drug is beneficial. They are therefore the gold