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Poor Connections: Investigating the role of faulty signals between cells in MND

18 December 202418 December 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is a guest blog by Kelly Siemund from the University of Leipzig in Germany. I am an early-career researcher in neuroscience, specifically working on

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Advancing Psychological Support for People with MND: The COMMEND Study and iDeliver

25 July 202425 July 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhile we work hard for a cure, it is essential we support those living with MND now. Professor Chris McDermott, Professor of Translational Neurology at

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund Unproven treatments

Exploring the Gut Microbiome’s Influence on MND

23 May 20242 August 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesDespite extensive research, the causes of MND remain largely unknown. Recent investigations have begun to shed light on the gut microbiome and whether it may

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32nd Symposium: Virtual MND Research

The importance of phenotyping

5 November 202123 November 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is blog number 5 in our ‘Symposium Blogathon’ – counting down to the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND. Numbers in bold green text correspond

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30th Symposium: Perth 2019 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Do the eyes have it? Could Resistant Nerves See Our Way to a Treatment?

30 August 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Science Show on ABC Radio National in Australia, features an interview with Professor Justin Yerbury on Saturday 17th August. The article containing the interview

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

More information for families affected by inherited MND available online

2 August 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn April this year MND clinician-researchers Professors Martin Turner and Kevin Talbot at the University of Oxford organised an information day about the rare, inherited

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Clinical Trials MND Research Treatments

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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Stem cells and MND

6 June 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesEach year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on the eyes – in most people

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Clinical Trials MND Research News Treatments

Edaravone (Radicava) approved to treat MND in USA – what does this mean for people with MND in the UK

6 May 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Friday 5 May in America, the FDA, the organisation that approves drugs, announced that they’d granted a licence for the drug known as a

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ANXA11 – another gene closer to understanding ALS

4 May 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesA new research paper has been published today in the Science Translational Medicine journal, describing a new gene implicated in developing MND. What is this gene

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