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Epi Epi Epi, Oi Oi Oi

13 April 201717 July 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesMention the word Epidemiology and instantly my mind conjures up the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in America being swarmed by zombies or men in

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Causes and disease mechanisms

The UK MND DNA Bank 6 months on…

11 June 201420 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s been six months since the UK MND DNA Bank (DNA Bank) opened its doors to researchers around the world, so what has been happening to

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The UK MND DNA Bank opens its doors to researchers around the world

1 October 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesBy 2011 the UK motor neurone disease (MND) DNA Bank had collected over 3,000 samples from people living with MND in the UK, their family

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New fellowship explores how C9ORF72 causes MND

3 September 201213 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesDr Johnathan Cooper-Knock from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) has been awarded with the fifth Medical Research Council (MRC)/MND Association Lady Edith Wolfson

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Our DNA bank appeal to feature on BBC Radio 4

6 January 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutesSunday 8 January is not only a celebration of Prof Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, it’s also the date when the MND Association’s DNA bank appeal

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One small step for MND research… one giant leap for the MND Association’s DNA Bank

31 August 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ve been extremely excited about this research finding for a while now and have closely followed the progress of Prof Ammar Al-Chalabi’s publication as it was

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