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23rd Symposium: Chicago 2012 MND Research Symposium

A Summary of the news from the 23rd International symposium on ALS/MND

12 December 201214 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesEach year we proudly organise the International Symposium on ALS/MND, and this year was a record breaker! The symposium was held in Chicago where over 900 clinicians, scientists and healthcare professionals

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23rd Symposium: Chicago 2012 MND Research Symposium

Reading the stars – why are ‘astrocytes’ toxic?

11 December 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutesOn the last day of the 23rd International Symposium on ALS/MND in Chicago last week there was an excellent session on ‘the role of non-neuronal

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23rd Symposium: Chicago 2012 Healthcare MND Research Symposium

Reflections on the poster session

7 December 201214 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn Chicago, it’s the beginning of the third day of the International Symposium on ALS/MND. I feel that I’ve become almost institutionalised: I get up,

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23rd Symposium: Chicago 2012 Clinical Trials MND Research Symposium Treatments

The clinical trials session

6 December 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutesA very much ‘must report on’ session of the 23rd International Symposium on ALS/MND was the clinical trials and trial design session. There are many

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A prize-winning story worth repeating

6 December 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutesMany congratulations to Rosa Rademakers from Mayo Clinic Florida USA, winner of this year’s Paulo Gontijo Young Investigator award. She won the award for her

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Nature, nurture, genetics and / or chance – what causes MND?

5 December 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutesTrying to understand what the different underlying factors are towards developing MND has always been a goal for ALS research. MND Association funded researcher and

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Share nicely!

9 November 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe phrase ‘Share nicely’ is one that I associate with children sharing their toys, sweets and perhaps even Wii time. However, it works well in

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Preparing for the windy city: Symposium update

15 August 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery year we are responsible, as an Association, for organising the BIGGEST international conference event of the year on MND. The 23rd International Symposium on

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