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Do lifestyle and environment play a part in MND?

3 November 202123 November 2021Mandy Spencer

Reading Time: 4 minutes This is blog number 3 in our ‘Symposium Blogathon’ – counting down to the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND. Numbers in bold green text correspond to the code in the abstract book. Click on the number to be redirected to the full abstract (the page may take a minute to load). The causes of MND…

Nature, nurture, genetics and / or chance – what causes MND?

5 December 2012Belinda Cupid1 Comment

Reading Time: 3 minutes Trying to understand what the different underlying factors are towards developing MND has always been a goal for ALS research. MND Association funded researcher and clinician Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi from King’s College London, gave a talk on this topic at the opening session of the 23rd International Symposium on ALS/MND in Chicago. A record number of…