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Markers of Disease Progression MND Research

A ‘wee molecule’: the tiny urinary biomarker neopterin and its role in MND progression

1 April 20227 April 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesMy name is Stephanie Shepheard, and I am a Research Associate in the Motor Neuron Disease & Neurotrophic Research Laboratory (MND&NR Lab), Flinders Health &

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Could MND be treated by HIV drugs?

17 July 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently published results from the open-label Lighthouse trial investigating safety of the drug Triumeq in people with MND revealed the treatment was safe and ready

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28th Symposium: Boston 2017 MND Research Symposium

Catch up on Symposium…focus on causes and treatments

22 December 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 8 minutesFollowing on from our previous catch-up blog on clinical management talks presented at the Symposium, here is a continuation that looks at talks focusing on

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Lighthouse Project shines a beacon on HERVs and their role in ALS

25 September 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is recent evidence to suggest that Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs) may be involved in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). HERV-K has been directly linked to

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New urine-based biomarker opens a gate to improved tracking of MND

23 February 201729 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers from the Flinders University, Australia and University of Miami have discovered a new protein that can act as a biomarker to track disease progression

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