Reading Time: 2 minutesBackground to C9orf72 toxicity We know that damage to C9orf72 (both the gene and the protein it makes) is a crucial step in why some
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Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is the MND Register? The MND Register is a major five year project that aims to collect and store information about every person living
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrior research has already shown that build-up of the protein TDP-43 is found in the majority of cases of MND (irrespective of whether it was
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: 2 minutesIt wouldn’t be the Symposium without a new gene discovery. Although technology has allowed incredible advances in the gene-hunting field, this is countered by the
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday at the International Symposium on ALS/MND Prof Ammar Al-Chalabi (Director of King’s Care Centre and Professor of Complex Genetics at King’s College London) cautioned
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
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe final day of our ‘twelve days of Christmas’ blogs has arrived. We hope you’ve enjoyed our festive overview of 2014 and we look forward
Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring December and November the Research Development team receive a number of Christmas presents from our funded researchers. These presents come in the form of