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32nd Symposium: Virtual Causes and disease mechanisms Healthcare MND Research Research we fund

Genetics and MND

2 November 202123 November 2021

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

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MND Research Research we fund

Translational research in MND: Our partnership with LifeArc

3 September 202127 February 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutesTranslational Research is the term used to describe studies that are the bridge between fundamental laboratory-based research and the testing of potential therapies (often by

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Models of MND Research we fund

Driving MND Research through our Junior Non-Clinical Fellowship Programme

23 June 202123 June 2021

Reading Time: 5 minutesEach year, MND Associations across the globe mark 21 June as a special day of recognition, acknowledging the impact that MND has on people around

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

Physical exercise as a risk factor for MND – is it in our genes?

11 June 202110 June 2021

Reading Time: 5 minutesA potential link between exercise and MND has long been a topic of conversation and debate. Several studies have been carried out, but the discovery

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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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Causes and disease mechanisms Clinical Trials Markers of Disease Progression MND Research Models of MND Research we fund Treatments

How animals are helping to improve our understanding of MND

26 June 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 6 minutes‘From antibiotics and insulin to blood transfusions and treatments for cancer or HIV, virtually every medical achievement in the past century has depended directly or

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29th Symposium: Glasgow 2018 Healthcare MND Research Symposium

Cognition and FTD: Highlights from Glasgow

21 January 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesWritten by Rachel Boothman and Kaye Stevens This blog is part of the ‘Highlights from Glasgow’ collection of articles, where you can read about the

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Steps to understanding MND

3 August 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesLove them or loath them, the band Steps’ first single ‘5,6,7,8’ was a techno line dance song released in 1998 from their debut album ‘step

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28th Symposium: Boston 2017 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

Libraries, Doormen and Harry Potter

9 December 20172 August 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesI usually travel to London two to three times a month for meetings and lab visits. If I’ve got any length of spare time, I

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MND Research Treatments

Lithium revisited: Is there a baby in the bathwater?

13 October 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt last year’s Airlie House workshop to develop new ALS/MND Clinical Trial Guidelines the focus was, of course, on MND, but there was also important input

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