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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

What’s going on inside? Possible mechanisms associated with physical activity and MND

12 July 201822 July 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesUPDATE  – The question of whether exercise causes, or contributes towards MND is still very much unanswered. But a recent study by Julian and colleagues (2021) has attempted

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Does physical activity cause MND? A fresh look at the evidence

23 May 201815 July 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesPhysical activity and MND – part 1 Every month the Research Information team looks at ‘the stats’ for the MND Research blog. These show us

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Physical activity and the odds of developing MND

24 April 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesPhysical activity has always been at the forefront of factors associated with MND, but studies investigating its effect have often been conflicting. The reason why

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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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Healthcare MND Research

New research projects agreed to help improve palliative and end of life care

22 March 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesToday we announced the results of an exciting new funding partnership with Marie Curie. Together we will be co-funding three research grants that help to

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

What causes MND – an update from Dublin

8 December 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat causes MND is the question that so many of us want to know. For the majority of people with MND we know that it

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Research we fund

Streaking Meerkats

27 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn April 2014 over 30 runners from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) took part in the Sheffield half marathon. The team consisted of

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MND Research

Peter Bickley – my MND research blog

3 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis week is Volunteering week and we’re celebrating volunteering on our MND Research blog for our ‘blog a day’. Peter Bickley is an MND Association

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Physical activity and MND – is there a link?

8 December 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe results of new research investigating a link between physical activity and MND was presented by the University of Sheffield research group in the late-breaking

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MND Research Research we fund

Jolly Good Fellows!

25 April 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesThere’s a scene in the 1969 film Battle of Britain where Laurence Olivier, who plays the Air Chief Marshal, is in a meeting with his two

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