Immune system Archives - MND Research Blog

Could improving recycling in cells be a new target for future MND therapies?

25 May 202325 May 2023Eleanor Green

Reading Time: 5 minutes Recent research, led by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and University of Dundee, has identified abnormalities in a type of brain cell called microglia in MND associated with mutations in the C9orf72 gene. It has been suggested for a long time that motor neurons may not be the only type of cell involved in…

Cells behaving badly: what’s going wrong in immune cells in MND?

2 December 20222 December 2022Eleanor Green

Reading Time: 5 minutes A recent paper published in the Journal Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation has revealed new insights into how immune cells behave in MND. This work, which is the result of a collaboration between researchers across different universities, aimed to uncover more about the role of the immune system in MND progression. The study used blood samples…