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Meet Libby, a new member of the Research Team

20 February 202520 February 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutesHi there! My name is Libby and I have recently joined the MND Association’s Research Information team alongside Katy. We’ll be working together, as Research

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A photo of lab vessels used to grow cells in the lab
34th Symposium: Basel Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Models of MND Symposium

Recreating the human brain in the lab

14 March 202414 March 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesHi, I’m Ben, a researcher working at Sheffield University. I attended last year’s International Symposium on ALS/MND as one of the Symposium Communication Ambassadors and

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MND Research Treatments Unproven treatments

Harnessing the power of plants

17 August 202317 August 2023

Reading Time: 12 minutesDespite decades of research, we still do not fully understand why some people get MND, but studies in cell and animal models of the disease

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Microglia, neurons and other brain cells
Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Models of MND Treatments

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

25 May 202325 May 2023

Reading Time: 5 minutesRecent research, led by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and University of Dundee, has identified abnormalities in a type of brain cell called microglia

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28th Symposium: Boston 2017 Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

It’s not just about the neurones

5 January 20182 August 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesLong before the latest wave of cellular and molecular biology advances started to give us new information on what was going on at the cellular

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News

Funding for Gut-sy MND research announced

29 March 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday the Reta Lila Weston Trust announced that they will be funding Dr Nikhil Sharma and colleagues at the Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre (LWENC)

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22nd Symposium: Sydney 2011 Causes and disease mechanisms Markers of Disease Progression Models of MND Symposium

Promising news for keeping the motor neurone neighbourhood safe

9 December 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutesThere was standing room only in the first of the dedicated scientific sessions of the Symposium last week. All had gathered to hear Prof Stan

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