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Global MND awareness day: Hidden challenges of MND research

20 June 202520 June 2025 Eleanor Green

Understanding the ‘hidden middle’ of cognitive change in MND

11 June 202511 June 2025 Mandy Spencer

MIROCALS: breaking down the trial results

9 May 202512 May 2025 Research Information Team

Improving Care at Home: A New Study into Complex Homecare in MND (CHiMND)

1 May 20251 May 2025 Gen Temple

Symposium Highlights: Cells and MND

26 March 202526 March 2025 Katy Barnes

Symposium highlights: A spotlight on glial cells in MND

19 March 202519 March 2025 Libby Moody
Healthcare MND Research News Research we fund

Withdrawing ventilation support at the request of the patient: the ethical, moral and legal issues

17 September 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesMotor neurone disease (MND) can cause weakness in the chest muscles involved in breathing. This leads to shortness of breath and symptoms including disturbed sleep

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International Symposium on ALS/MND: Destination Orlando

28 August 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe August Bank holiday weekend is always greeted with a sigh of relief from the Research Development Team as it signals the sending off of

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Disappointing news for diaphragm pacing in MND

31 July 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesResults from the UK clinical trial of diaphragm pacing in MND/ALS (known as DiPALS) were published online today in the journal Lancet Neurology. DiPALS was

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Endomicroscopy – lighting the way for a diagnosis

29 July 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt present there is no diagnostic test for MND, and diagnosis is usually determined through clinical observations and by excluding other diseases. Because of this,

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

Formaldehyde exposure and increased risk of developing MND

15 July 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesA new study published yesterday in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP) highlights the link between increased exposure to formaldehyde and an increased risk of

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MIROCALS: Episode MND

26 June 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesA clinical trial of Jedi proportions… The MND Association is backing a new clinical trial in MND, known as MIROCALS. This will be a joint

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An insight into TDP-43 – An ENCALS 2015 meeting report

19 June 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesMedical Research Council (MRC)/ MND Association Lady Edith Wolfson Clinical Fellow, Dr Jakub Scaber, attended the European Network for a Cure of ALS (ENCALS) meeting

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Oxidation Resistance 1 – tackling oxidative stress

10 June 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesMND Association-funded researchers, Prof Dame Kay Davies and Dr Peter Oliver, both based at the University of Oxford, have identified the oxidation resistance 1 (OXR1)

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ProGas study results on gastrostomy in MND published

29 May 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesUnder the leadership of Dr Christopher McDermott, based at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), research published today on 29 May 2015 in the

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Nurturing the future of MND research – new opportunity for researchers

24 April 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are pleased to announce that as well as applications for our next round for PhD Studentship applications, we are also accepting applications for our

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