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Catch up on Symposium…focus on causes and treatments

22 December 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 8 minutesFollowing on from our previous catch-up blog on clinical management talks presented at the Symposium, here is a continuation that looks at talks focusing on

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‘There is an app for that’ – the wonders of technology in ALS

10 December 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt the end of a very busy Day 2 of the Symposium, I sat down with my colleagues for a quick chat. After a while,

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Understanding disease variability – the 2017 IPG prize winner

9 December 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWarmest congratulation to Dr Marka van Blitterswijk of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, winner of this year’s Paulo Gontijo Prize in Medicine. The Award

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Lighthouse Project shines a beacon on HERVs and their role in ALS

25 September 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is recent evidence to suggest that Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs) may be involved in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). HERV-K has been directly linked to

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Networking to progress in the world of science: Mini-Symposium on MND

28 August 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesConferences and symposia are a crucial part of the research world – not only for the amount of knowledge that is communicated to large audiences

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Edaravone – a month on since the FDA announcement

22 June 201720 May 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s been over a month since the announcement by the FDA of their decision to licence edaravone / Radicava for people with MND in the

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Collaborating to find treatment for MND

21 June 201720 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes21 June – MND Awareness Day Each year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on

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New urine-based biomarker opens a gate to improved tracking of MND

23 February 201729 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers from the Flinders University, Australia and University of Miami have discovered a new protein that can act as a biomarker to track disease progression

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Our Visit to a Brain Bank

21 December 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesBrain banks are a vital resource in MND research. The MRC London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank was established in 1989. It is part of King’s College

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AMBRoSIA – our biggest ever research project

12 September 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe AMBRoSIA (A Multicentre Biomarker Resource Strategy In ALS) project is our biggest, most ambitious research undertaking to date. The project funding began in August,

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