Reading Time: 6 minutesMND is a very complex disease and collaboration within the research community is key to building on our current understanding of the disease biology and
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Reading Time: 6 minutesAs part of our Symposium Spotlight series, we’re looking back on some of the research presented at the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND. This blog
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a previous research project funded by the MND Association, Prof Kevin Talbot and colleagues from the University of Oxford developed a new TDP-43 mouse
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the early stages of MND it is proposed that motor neurones are more susceptible to an imbalance of oxygen within the cells, known as
Reading Time: < 1 minute“On the fourth day of Christmas MND research gives to you… on the FOURTH month of 2014, we announced that we’ll fund an exciting new
Reading Time: 3 minutesProf Vladimir Buchman (Cardiff University)’s research was selected as one of the best research studies, as decided by the journal editors, published in the Journal
Reading Time: 4 minutesMND Association-funded researcher, Prof Linda Greensmith, based at University College London, together with her collaborator Dr Ivo Lieberam from Kings College London, have introduced stem
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe exact course, duration and rate of progression of MND often varies greatly from person to person; even when there is a known family history
Reading Time: 2 minutesThanks to funding and some strategic ‘match-making’ by the MND Association, a new drug may have taken one step closer to beginning clinical trials in
Reading Time: 3 minutesModels of MND are important both to understand the causes of MND and to quickly, efficiently and accurately screen and develop new treatments for it.