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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
Markers of Disease Progression MND Research Models of MND Symposium

Mediating the delicate balance between protection and damage

30 November 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Opening Session theme on how the disease progresses within the Central Nervous System (CNS) continued with the presentation by Prof Stan Appel from Baylor

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Copying, transporting and creating proteins – what could possibly go wrong?

30 November 201111 August 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesProteins are the building blocks of our cells and have a variety of important roles within our bodies. The instructions for how to build our

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MND Research Symposium

Deserved recognition

30 November 201111 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the end of the opening session of the International Symposium on ALS/MND, two members of the MND research community were recognised for their contribution

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MND Research

Rip roaring start to Symposium

30 November 201111 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesEntering the room for the opening session of the International Symposium on ALS, there was a real air or anticipation. Organisers (yes, that included you,

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Symposium

Tuesday evening – the night before Symposium

29 November 201111 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesAt 6pm this evening, there was a real air of anticipation at the conference hotel. On level 2 the poster presenters were gradually finding their

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

Another recycling bounty hunter linked to MND

3 November 201111 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the short space of three months, details of a second gene have been published linking MND to the protein recycling system in our cells.

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MND Research Research we fund

Fighting a faulty recycling machine in MND, with Prof John Mayer

18 October 201111 August 2026

Reading Time: 5 minutesA recent gene finding suggests that recycling within our cells is key to all forms of MND. This story captivated many people affected by MND

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Treatments

Drug for uncontrollable laughing and crying is moving toward European licensing

6 October 201111 August 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn December last year, we told you about a new drug for uncontrollable laughter and crying (known as the pseudobulbar affect) called Nuedexta that had been approved for

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News Research we fund

Chromosome 9 finally reveals its secrets

21 September 201111 August 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s taken a huge international collaboration, including 3 MND Association-funded scientists, to discover a genetic mistake that appears to cause almost 40% of cases of

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MND Research Models of MND Research we fund

Prof Siddharthan Chandran talks about the recipe for stem cell success at our Annual Conference

16 September 201111 August 2026

Reading Time: 5 minutesWe invited Prof Siddharthan Chandran to be our keynote speaker at our Annual Conference and below we’ve provided a brief overview of his presentation which we hope

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