Reading Time: 2 minutesScientists from the University of Oxford have set up ‘Families for the Treatment of Hereditary MND’ (FaTHoM), an initiative to bring together the community of
Tag: genetics
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday some exciting news about the genetics of MND was published in the scientific journal Nature Genetics. The results come in two research papers published
Reading Time: 2 minutesHuge congratulations to Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi for winning the prestigious Sheila Essey Award at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) research conference taking place in Vancouver, Canada. Professor
Reading Time: 4 minutesJanine Kirby is a Non-Clinical Reader in Neurogenetics and is celebrating 20 years in motor neurone disease (MND) research this month. Here she tells us
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few days before Christmas, I hope that you’ll forgive the obvious pun. Rather than the small green vegetable that you either love or hate,
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr Samantha Price is the Research Information Co-ordinator at the MND Association. As well as organising the ‘blog a day’ during MND Awareness Month she
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe know that in the 5-10% of cases where there is a strong family history of MND, there is likely to be a genetic cause
Reading Time: 5 minutesDelegates to last weekend’s ENCALS (European Network for the Cure of ALS) meeting in Dublin were met with uncharacteristic hot and sunny weather – enjoyed