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The cell that never grew up

Reading Time: 4 minutes With Pantomime season kicking off back home in the UK, delegates in Milan were introduced to one of the newest cellular villains in the MND story – oligodendrocytes. Although oligodendrocytes were first identified in the 1920s and are known to be affected in multiple sclerosis, they were generally considered as ‘bit part’ players in MND…

Stem cells and growth factors: from bench to bedside

Reading Time: 4 minutes After a brilliant first day at ENCALS, which included a talk by Dr Johannes Brettschneider, the second day began with a talk by Thierry Latran Speaker Prof Clive Svendsen (Director of the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute) arriving directly from attending at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Symposium. Prof Svendsen gave a riveting talk to over…

Changing fashions of MND models

Reading Time: 3 minutes Models of MND are important both to understand the causes of MND and to quickly, efficiently and accurately screen and develop new treatments for it. A number of key developments both in terms of technological know-how and new understanding of genetics of MND have led to the development of new models discussed at on the…

Mixing with the media

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…