Reading Time: 3 minutesAdult onset condition, those with genetic mutations associated with the disease don’t get it until they’re adults, starts in one place and then it spreads,
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe fantastic news that Patrick Joyce and his co-inventors have won the 2015 Hackaday Prize for their ‘Eyedrivomatic’ invention is one of a number of research
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a guest blog, PhD student Oliver Clabburn tells us about his family’s experience of MND and his research interests. He also explains how you
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Tuesday, we posted news of the two MND Awareness engagement events taking place in Manchester during the Manchester Science Festival (on 25 and 31
Reading Time: 3 minutesManchester this half term will be the showcase for two MND awareness events we’ve been working on with Dr Emma Hodson-Tole and Dr Rickie Patani.
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday we published an introductory blog on frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and described how it is sometimes found in combination with MND. Today we are looking
Reading Time: 3 minutesMotor neurone disease (MND) can cause weakness in the chest muscles involved in breathing. This leads to shortness of breath and symptoms including disturbed sleep
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe August Bank holiday weekend is always greeted with a sigh of relief from the Research Development Team as it signals the sending off of
Reading Time: 3 minutesA new study published yesterday in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP) highlights the link between increased exposure to formaldehyde and an increased risk of
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association’s Director of Research, Brian Dickie explains more about ‘GM6’, also known as ‘GM604’, a drug in development by an American pharmaceutical company