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35th Symposium: Montreal Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Models of MND Symposium

Understanding what goes wrong in MND

20 November 202420 November 2024

Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s that time of year again when we’re counting down to the annual International Symposium on ALS/MND! This year marks the 35th Symposium, the largest scientific

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Causes and disease mechanisms Clinical Trials Genetic Research MND Research Treatments

ANQUR: A new clinical trial in the UK for MND

7 September 20237 September 2023

Reading Time: 6 minutesQurAlis, a biotechnology company focused on developing precision medicines for MND and other neurodegenerative diseases, has announced the opening of a clinical trial in the

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Clinical Trials Healthcare MND Research

New gene therapy targeting C9orf72-ALS begins Phase 1 clinical trial in the UK

19 September 201922 June 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis article was written by Dr Keith Mayl and Dr Ahmad Al Khleifat of King’s College London. Researchers at King’s College Hospital, led by Professor

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Clinical Trials MND Research Treatments

Tofersen: antisense oligonucleotide drug shows promising results in Phase 1/2 trial

7 May 20199 July 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesA recent press release by the pharmaceutical company Biogen reported preliminary results from an ongoing clinical trial investigating a form of precision therapy in people

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Making antisense of RNA editing

6 February 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAssociation-funded PhD student, Helena Chaytow (Royal Holloway, University of London), is using DNA to develop a targeted treatment for MND. Now entering her final year,

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25th Symposium: Brussels 2014 MND Research News Symposium Treatments

SOD1 Stuff

7 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesWith all the talk of new gene discoveries in recent years, the Sunday morning scientific session returned to the original discovery in 1993 that mutations

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Clinical Trials MND Research News Treatments

Antisense seems to make sense

3 April 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesResults from a phase I clinical trial of a drug known as ISIS 333611 have been published open-access online in the scientific journal Lancet Neurology on

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