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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
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Take part in TONiC

17 April 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe MND Association funds healthcare research that aims to improve care management for people living with MND. The TONiC study is looking at factors that influence

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Breaking the Human Genome Code

1 April 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesProfessor Winston Hide gave his inaugural lecture on 17 March, during Brain Awareness week, entitled ‘breaking the human genome code – opening Pandora’s box’, which you can watch

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The TBK1 jigsaw puzzle

25 March 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing on from the identification of the gene TBK1 as a contributory risk factor for MND in February, the plot thickens further with research published yesterday

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Understanding more about GM604

6 March 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association’s Director of Research, Brian Dickie explains more about ‘GM6’, also known as ‘GM604’, a drug in development by an American pharmaceutical company

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Marking Rare Disease Day – how working together can help

28 February 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday is world Rare Disease Day, so it’s an appropriate time to raise awareness of ALL rare diseases, including motor neurone disease. There are between

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

Researchers identify the TBK1 gene as a risk factor in MND

23 February 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesPublished on 19 February 2015 in the Journal Science, an international team of scientists have found mutations in the gene TBK1 as a contributory risk factor in MND.

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Buckets more research – some of our plans for the Ice Bucket Challenge money

12 February 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesToday’s announcement of the difference the ALS / MND ice bucket challenge has made included a number of areas of research investment. You’ll be hearing

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Making antisense of RNA editing

6 February 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAssociation-funded PhD student, Helena Chaytow (Royal Holloway, University of London), is using DNA to develop a targeted treatment for MND. Now entering her final year,

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New fellowship awarded to further our understanding of RNA in MND

1 February 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesDr Pietro Fratta (University College London) received his initial Training Fellowship through the MND Association/ Medical Research Council (MRC) Lady Edith Wolfson Programme in 2010.

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Pretty ‘fly’ for a fruit fly

27 January 20152 August 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutes  Dr Frank Hirth is one of the world’s leading fruit fly MND researchers. Based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College

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