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Introducing Katy – one of the newest members of the Research Team

19 February 202519 February 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutesHi everyone, my name is Katy, and I am one of the newest additions to the Research Team along with Libby! Before joining the Association,

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Boosting energy in nerve cells is a promising target for MND treatments

7 January 20215 February 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutesA study conducted by researchers at the Euan MacDonald Centre at the University of Edinburgh has shed light on how improving the function of mitochondria

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

The FUS with faulty mitochondria – the powerhouse of the cell

3 August 202031 July 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesGuest researcher blog post written by Darija Šoltić. Originally from Croatia, I came to the UK to do my PhD in neuroscience, where I worked

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Focusing on mitochondria – a potential target for early MND treatment?

14 August 20199 July 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesDr Arpan Mehta, one of our Lady Edith Wolfson Clinical Fellows, and his team at the Euan MacDonald Centre at the University of Edinburgh have

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund

Understanding more about how the cell’s batteries are affected in MND

5 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minutePhD student Emma Smith has recently started the second year of her MND Association-funded research project at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SiTRAN) in

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A healthy control – Dr Scott Allen

7 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDr Scott Allen is a Senior Post Doctoral Researcher at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN). Here he blogs about his experience as a

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