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Meet Katie, the newest member of the Research Team

4 August 20265 August 2026 Katie

MND EnCouRage UK 2026: celebrating five years of supporting early career researchers

17 July 202617 July 2026 Libby

FaTHoM day 2026: Supporting families affected by inherited MND and FTD       

3 July 202630 July 2026 Eleanor

Clinical trials to look out for in 2026

9 April 20265 June 2026 Eleanor

Catching up with the 2024 Poster prize candidates

4 March 202611 August 2026 Kiran

Celebrating Early Career MND Researchers through the International Symposium on ALS/MND Poster Prize

23 February 202611 August 2026 Kiran
Healthcare MND Research Symposium

Recognising and supporting the role of informal carers

6 December 201211 August 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe symposium session ‘Carer and Family Support’ provided a platform to better understand the role that informal carers play in the lives of people with

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Nature, nurture, genetics and / or chance – what causes MND?

5 December 201211 August 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesTrying to understand what the different underlying factors are towards developing MND has always been a goal for ALS research. MND Association funded researcher and

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MND Research Symposium

One week to go until Chicago!

28 November 201211 August 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNovember has been an incredibly busy time for us, not because of Christmas, but because the 23rd International Symposium on ALS/MND is now only one week away!

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It almost time for my annual upload of matters MND research!

27 November 201211 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhilst I try and keep up to date with what’s going on in the field for the rest of the year, it definitely goes in

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Models of MND Treatments

Of yeast and men: reducing toxic effects of TDP-43 as a potential treatment for MND

14 November 201211 August 2026

Reading Time: 4 minutesA collaborative American research group, led by Prof Aaron Gitler from Stanford University School of Medicine in California, has identified a potential therapeutic target for

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MND Research Symposium

Share nicely!

9 November 201211 August 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe phrase ‘Share nicely’ is one that I associate with children sharing their toys, sweets and perhaps even Wii time. However, it works well in

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Clinical Trials MND Research Treatments

Encouraging NP001 clinical trial results for MND

1 November 201211 August 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesPromising results from a Phase II clinical trial for a drug called NP001 have been announced by the biopharmaceutical company Neuraltus. The trial, conducted in America, suggested

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

University of Bath research shows how angiogenin affects motor neurone survival

10 October 201211 August 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesPublished in the prestigious journal Nature Communications and funded by the Wellcome Trust, University of Bath researchers looked closely at the structure of 11 mutated

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Healthcare MND Research Research we fund

Dr Chris McDermott talks about his research at our Annual Conference

26 September 201211 August 2026

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 201211 August 2026

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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