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A stepping stone to becoming future leaders in MND research

12 September 202312 September 2023

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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Symposium Spotlight: CRISPR- the magic behind gene editing in MND

28 April 202229 April 2022

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

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Developing a drug screen using nerve cells from a mouse model of MND

18 June 201629 April 2022

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

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Protecting motor neurones against oxidative stress in MND

14 June 201629 April 2022

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

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MND Research Research we fund Treatments

On the fourth day of Christmas MND research gave to me: a new stem cell research project

28 December 201419 April 2022

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

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What’s all the ‘FUS’ about?

11 April 201419 April 2022

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

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Switching the light on for MND

7 April 201419 April 2022

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

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Same disease.. two very different mice!

14 November 201314 April 2022

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

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Cogane produces encouraging results in MND Association-funded study

16 January 201213 April 2022

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

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22nd Symposium: Sydney 2011 MND Research Models of MND

Changing fashions of MND models

2 December 2011

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.

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