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Re-evaluating clinical trial guidelines for MND

20 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesTo mark International Clinical Trials Day (20 May) we reflect on the ALS Clinical Trials Guidelines workshop that took place in March. The MND Association

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 Clinical Trials MND Research Symposium Treatments

Edaravone trial presentation sparks interest

13 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesBar a few bacteria usually found hitching a ride on our dental plaque and digestive system, every living cell in the human body needs oxygen.

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Clinical Trials MND Research News Research we fund Treatments

MIROCALS: Episode MND

26 June 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesA clinical trial of Jedi proportions… The MND Association is backing a new clinical trial in MND, known as MIROCALS. This will be a joint

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On the eighth day of Christmas MND research gave to me: Eight members of the Research Development team

1 January 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes“On the eighth day of Christmas MND research gives to you… EIGHT members of the Research Development team” We would like to wish all our

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25th Symposium: Brussels 2014 Clinical Trials Symposium Treatments

What is needed to advance a drug candidate into clinical trials?

5 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 25th International Symposium on ALS/MND began today in Brussels, Belgium. More than 900 delegates joined the opening session to hear Dr Alfred Sandrock from

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Clinical Trials MND Research Treatments

AGM Question

17 September 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesA question was submitted to the Association’s AGM last weekend, which could only be answered in brief at the time, due to the number of

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Decisions, Decisions…

24 April 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe day finally arrived on 11 April 2014 for our biannual Biomedical Research Advisory Panel (BRAP) Meeting. This important date in our research calendar is

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Causes and disease mechanisms News

Understanding Spinal Muscular Atrophy: could plant derived compounds hold the key?

13 March 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 3 March 2014, researchers based at the University of Edinburgh published a research paper that extends our understanding of the childhood disease – Spinal

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Same disease.. two very different mice!

14 November 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe exact course, duration and rate of progression of MND often varies greatly from person to person; even when there is a known family history

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

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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