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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

The BMAA story in a nutshell

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesResearch into the neurodegenerative condition known as Guam ALS-Parkinson Dementia Complex (ALS-PDC) has tended to find itself slightly isolated from the mainstream MND/ALS research world

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

What’s blue green algae got to do with it?

22 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesDr Rachael A Dunlop, based at the University of Technology Sydney is interested in sporadic MND and the links to a toxin found in blue

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24th Symposium: Milan 2013 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News Symposium

Clusters of MND – What can we learn?

7 December 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you hear the word ‘cluster’ the first thing that comes to mind is probably a group of stars – not MND. During a plenary

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Researchers in Australia identify how blue-green algae may cause some cases of MND

26 September 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesA toxin known as β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA), which is found in blue-green algae, has been shown to cause proteins inside cells to clump together and cause cell

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22nd Symposium: Sydney 2011 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Next chapter of BMAA detective story

1 December 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutesOn Thursday morning, Profs Paul Cox and Walter Bradley chaired a session titled ‘Beyond Guam: New Aspects of the BMAA Hypothesis’. This was the latest

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