Reading Time: 3 minutes Funded by the MND Association, international researchers have used stem cell technology to learn more about the relationship between motor neurones and their support cells. These findings highlight the potential of stem cell technology as a tool to create new human ‘in a dish’ cellular models of disease to learn more about the causes of…
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was a chilly -15oC in New York on Sunday night, but the temperature on Monday morning was considerably higher – fuelled in part by anticipation of the presentations and debate to come – as 60 delegates from 14 countries gathered for a workshop on the use of stem cells in research and treatment of…
Reading Time: 3 minutes A study, part funded by the MND Association and led by Prof Chris Shaw from King’s College London has been published in the June edition of the scientific journal Brain. As we part-funded this study, Prof Shaw sent us the resulting paper from his research yesterday. So, this morning after reading the paper, we thought…
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s Friday afternoon and I’m just back from a press briefing in London, where we were unveiling an exciting new stem cell research programme. I’ve just realised that we’ve put a press embargo on until Monday, so this won’t be posted until Monday morning – otherwise I’ll be breaking our own embargo….. The press briefing…
