Reading Time: 2 minutesSunday 8 January is not only a celebration of Prof Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, it’s also the date when the MND Association’s DNA bank appeal
Reading Time: 4 minutesAnd the answers to our Christmas Quiz are: How many neurones does a human have? Billions Which animal has the largest brain? Bottlenose dolphin How
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday’s announcement by the biotechnology company Trophos SA of the lack of effectiveness of their compound olesoxime adds to the long list of drugs that
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere was standing room only in the first of the dedicated scientific sessions of the Symposium last week. All had gathered to hear Prof Stan
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe organise the International Symposium on ALS/MND every year, and it is regarded as the premier medical conference on MND and a highlight of the
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAttending a three day scientific meeting is quite an intense experience, my brain has been working hard and by this morning, there were leaks of
Reading Time: 3 minutesModels of MND are important both to understand the causes of MND and to quickly, efficiently and accurately screen and develop new treatments for it.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“After a time where patients and sponsors of trials alike had become disheartened about the lack of positive clinical trials, it is exciting to see
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the huge advances in biology, it can seem that areas such as brain scanning are relatively stagnant, but we are starting to see a