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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…

Energy and metabolism in MND cells answer the burning question

Energy and metabolism in MND cells answer the burning question

Reading Time: 5 minutes Despite the winter chill, there is a warm fuzzy feeling today with the news of a paper published in the journal ‘Brain’ by an MND Association funded Research Fellow, Dr Scott Allen. Based at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), Dr Allen was awarded a Senior Non-Clinical Research Fellowship by the Association in 2016,…