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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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Dr Chris McDermott talks about his research at our Annual Conference

26 September 201213 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis year’s Annual Conference research talk was given by Dr Chris McDermott and focused on his research at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SiTraN).

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Attracting Promising Research – Calling for Project Grant Applications

13 September 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutesAutumn is fast approaching which means it’s time to open our online summary application form for our next round of research grant applications. This round

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New fellowship explores how C9ORF72 causes MND

3 September 201213 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesDr Johnathan Cooper-Knock from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) has been awarded with the fifth Medical Research Council (MRC)/MND Association Lady Edith Wolfson

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EPHA4 gene influences survival in MND

30 August 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutesAn international research group spanning seven countries and including 23 researchers has identified a gene that modifies survival in MND. The gene, called EPHA4 was identified through

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Preparing for the windy city: Symposium update

15 August 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery year we are responsible, as an Association, for organising the BIGGEST international conference event of the year on MND. The 23rd International Symposium on

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Introductory blog post: Samantha Price

24 July 201213 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesI have recently joined the Motor Neurone Disease Association as a part-time ‘Research Information Co-ordinator’ and this blog post is a little bit about my

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

Profilin 1 identified as a cause of inherited MND

17 July 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutesAn MND causing gene called profilin 1 has been identified as the cause of about two percent of cases of inherited MND. This finding provides new insights

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The social and educational effects of caring for a parent with MND

20 June 201213 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesLast year, we helped Olly Clabburn to advertise an opportunity to take part in his dissertation research project on our website and in our monthly membership

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Irish angiogenin research leads to promising results

1 June 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutesAngiogenin was discovered as a cause of MND for a small number of families affected by the inherited form of MND in 2006. Since then,

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Discussing MND in Dublin

28 May 2012

Reading Time: 5 minutesDelegates to last weekend’s ENCALS (European Network for the Cure of ALS) meeting in Dublin were met with uncharacteristic hot and sunny weather – enjoyed

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