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12 MND clinical trial updates to keep an eye out for in 2022 – Part 2

13 April 202224 June 2022Charlotte Roy2 Comments

Reading Time: 6 minutes This year is set to be an exciting time for MND research, and we are especially hopeful that MND clinical trials will take centre stage in the coming months. During 2022 we are expecting new trials to begin recruitment in the UK, other trials to readout their results and decisions announced from authorising bodies for…

What is the deal with magnetic fields?

30 March 20175 May 2022Martina Slapkova2 Comments

Reading Time: 3 minutes A recently published paper exploring the connection between occupational risk factors and MND has sparked lots of interest, especially by the media. The study in question, led by Dr Roel Vermeulen from Utrecht University, The Netherlands, reviewed and studied five occupational exposures that had previously been suggested to be associated with developing MND (specifically, amyotrophic…