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Identifying potential new diagnostic biomarkers in the blood

17 June 202025 April 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesGuest researcher blog post about the recently published paper on the identification of potential new biomarkers in the blood, in the journal Brain Communications. Written

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Defining disease progression in MND from MRI ‘snapshots’

26 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough conventional brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are often normal in people with MND, more sophisticated MRI techniques have shown changes in the structure

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Using surface EMG to see if fasciculations can be used as a biomarker for MND

24 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat are fasciculations? When motor neurones in the spinal cord become damaged this makes them electrically unstable, meaning they spontaneously discharge electrical impulses that cause

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Developing the Biomarkers in Oxford Project

20 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesBiomarkers in Oxford (BioMOx) is a research project with the aim of identifying a diagnostic biomarker for MND, which could be used to track the

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 MND Research Symposium

Can the progression of MND pause or reverse?

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesCould there be a small number of people for whom there is a pause or a reversal in their disease progression? A talk at the

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26th Symposium: Orlando 2015 Healthcare MND Research Symposium

The Cinderella symptom: Muscle cramps in MND

12 December 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile muscle cramps are a very common symptom of motor neurone disease (MND) there is currently few effective ways of management and treatment. Even though

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The ALS biomarkers study: a journey into the disease

26 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesDr Andrea Malaspina is an Association-funded researcher investigating biomarkers, or ‘biological fingerprints’ of MND. Here he blogs about working with patients and basic science. I

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