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New genetic cause of MND suggests cellular ‘traffic jams’ may play a role in all forms of MND

Reading Time: 3 minutes As the afternoon was drawing to a close in the office yesterday, we learnt of an exciting new MND research paper that had been published in the prestigious journal, Nature. The research suggests that a rare mistake (mutation) in gene called ‘Optineurin’ (OPTN) can cause MND and they also suggest that OPTN may be involved in causing…