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21st Symposium: Orlando 2010 MND Research Symposium

International Symposium on ALS/MND: Destination Orlando

28 August 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe August Bank holiday weekend is always greeted with a sigh of relief from the Research Development Team as it signals the sending off of

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

Formaldehyde exposure and increased risk of developing MND

15 July 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesA new study published yesterday in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP) highlights the link between increased exposure to formaldehyde and an increased risk of

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Understanding more about GM604

6 March 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association’s Director of Research, Brian Dickie explains more about ‘GM6’, also known as ‘GM604’, a drug in development by an American pharmaceutical company

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Marking Rare Disease Day – how working together can help

28 February 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday is world Rare Disease Day, so it’s an appropriate time to raise awareness of ALL rare diseases, including motor neurone disease. There are between

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Progress in the MND Oxford BioMOx project

21 January 2013

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMND Association funded researcher Dr Martin Turner at University of Oxford has identified a pattern of degeneration in the brains of people with MND that

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Structure of C9ORF72 repeat identified by MND Association funded researchers

21 December 201214 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesNew exciting findings announced today provide the first insight into the structure and function of a repeated six letter genetic sequence in an MND gene

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23rd Symposium: Chicago 2012 Healthcare MND Research Symposium

Reflections on the poster session

7 December 201214 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn Chicago, it’s the beginning of the third day of the International Symposium on ALS/MND. I feel that I’ve become almost institutionalised: I get up,

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A prize-winning story worth repeating

6 December 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutesMany congratulations to Rosa Rademakers from Mayo Clinic Florida USA, winner of this year’s Paulo Gontijo Young Investigator award. She won the award for her

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

University of Bath research shows how angiogenin affects motor neurone survival

10 October 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutesPublished in the prestigious journal Nature Communications and funded by the Wellcome Trust, University of Bath researchers looked closely at the structure of 11 mutated

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Attracting Promising Research – Calling for Project Grant Applications

13 September 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutesAutumn is fast approaching which means it’s time to open our online summary application form for our next round of research grant applications. This round

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