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Celebrating the contribution of Women to MND research

9 February 20249 February 2024

Reading Time: 7 minutesEach year the 11th of February sees the world recognise and celebrate the contributions of women in science. The International day of Women and Girls

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Closing the door on toxic proteins – new clues in understanding a genetic form of MND

5 July 201720 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe defects in the C9orf72 gene are known to cause motor neurone disease, but researchers don’t understand why. Defective copies of this gene are passed

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Pretty ‘fly’ for a fruit fly

27 January 20152 August 2024

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

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Flying towards understanding: MND, TDP43, flies and a competition

7 March 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association has funded a number of research projects in the laboratory of Dr Frank Hirth at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.

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Come fly with me

20 July 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutesAlthough millions of years of evolution separate humans from insects, a tiny fruit fly called Drosophila melanogaster has been one of the most extensively studied

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