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Boosting energy in nerve cells is a promising target for MND treatments
EDINBURGH, UK – 8th June 2017: Euan MacDonald visits the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh to see first hand the latest research into the treatment of Motor Neuron Disease. (Photograph: MAVERICK PHOTO AGENCY)

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

Reading Time: 3 minutes A study conducted by researchers at the Euan MacDonald Centre at the University of Edinburgh has shed light on how improving the function of mitochondria – the power supply of nerve cells – could be a potential treatment for motor neurone disease, paper published this week in the journal, Acta Neuropathologica (2021). This study paves…

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

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

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr Arpan Mehta, one of our Lady Edith Wolfson Clinical Fellows, and his team at the Euan MacDonald Centre at the University of Edinburgh have recently carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of the pre-clinical literature (studies using animal models) to assess the therapeutic potential of targeting mitochondrial dysfunction in MND, examining if these…

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

Reading Time: < 1 minute PhD 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 Sheffield (our project reference: 870-792). With her supervisors Dr Kurt De Vos and Dr Andrew Grierson she is investigating the role of mitochondria in C9orf72-related MND. Mitochondria are the cell’s…