Reading Time: 2 minutesMistakes in the C9orf72 gene are the most common cause of inherited MND, and can be linked to about 40% of all cases. Now that
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Reading Time: 2 minutesContinuing the ‘gene hunting theme’ on from our last blog post on Project MinE, a recently published study has shed more light on the C9orf72
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday we published an introductory blog on frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and described how it is sometimes found in combination with MND. Today we are looking
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dr Frank Hirth is one of the world’s leading fruit fly MND researchers. Based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College
Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring December and November the Research Development team receive a number of Christmas presents from our funded researchers. These presents come in the form of
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs well as helping out with our ‘blog a day’ during MND Awareness Month, we also asked our researchers to get involved in ‘baking’ to become
Reading Time: 2 minutesDr Jakub Scaber is a Medical Research Council (MRC)/ MND Association Lady Edith Wolfson Clinical Research Fellow who works in Professor Kevin Talbot’s Laboratory at the
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe know that in the 5-10% of cases where there is a strong family history of MND, there is likely to be a genetic cause