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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News Research we fund

Should routine genetic testing be considered for all cases of MND?

17 February 202118 February 2021

Reading Time: 9 minutesA paper arising from research carried out at the University of Sheffield as part of the AMBRoSIA biobank, and in collaboration with the international Project

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Boosting energy in nerve cells is a promising target for MND treatments

7 January 20215 February 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutesA study conducted by researchers at the Euan MacDonald Centre at the University of Edinburgh has shed light on how improving the function of mitochondria

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31st Symposium: Virtual MND Research News Symposium

It’s the most ‘science-y’ time of the year …

2 December 20202 December 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s that time of year again. With just a week to go until the 31st International Symposium on ALS/MND, we thought we’d bring you an

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SPiQE – new analytical tool digs deeper into fasciculations

5 November 20205 November 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesCristina Cabassi is an honorary research assistant investigating fasciculations in people with MND. In this guest blog she tells us a little about herself and

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ALS reversals – do they exist?

30 September 202030 September 2020

Reading Time: 6 minutesIn July 2020 Everything ALS, a team of patient advocates, medical professionals, entrepreneurs, computational biologists and medical students based in the USA, hosted a virtual

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MND Research News Treatments

Review of evidence suggests Riluzole treatment may lead to extended survival

28 July 202028 July 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesA recently published paper, reviewing 15 studies that investigated the effectiveness of riluzole as a treatment for MND in real-time, has suggested that the drug

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Lighting the way from MND research to the COVID-19 response

21 July 202020 July 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesGuest researcher blog post: My name is Sophie Nyberg and I am a neuroscientist currently working in the Lighthouse COVID-19 testing labs in Alderley Park,

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Clinical Trials MND Research News

Emerging Gene-Targeting Therapies for SOD1-ALS

13 July 202028 July 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesLast Thursday marked an exciting milestone in the search for effective therapies for MND as full results from the early-phase 1/2 trial of Biogen’s tofersen

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Targeting Tregs: IMODALS study paves the way for MIROCALS

7 July 20205 May 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutesAlthough ALS is a neurodegenerative disease, researchers are increasingly also interested in events happening outside the brain and spinal cord, in particular whether changes in

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tiRNA: A Newcomer in Motor Neuron Disease

30 June 20207 July 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesGuest researcher blog post written by Elisabeth Jirström: Hi! My name is Elisabeth Jirström and I am a PhD student at Royal College of Surgeons

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