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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund

Driving MND Research through our Project grants and more

25 June 202120 April 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesEach year, MND Associations across the globe mark 21 June as a special day of recognition, acknowledging the impact that MND has on people around

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New insights into MND: 5 more genetic variants found

21 April 202121 April 2021

Reading Time: 5 minutesA recent study has assessed the extent to which genetics plays a role in the development of MND, in both familial and non-familial (sporadic) forms

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Should routine genetic testing be considered for all cases of MND?

17 February 202118 February 2021

Reading Time: 9 minutesA paper arising from research carried out at the University of Sheffield as part of the AMBRoSIA biobank, and in collaboration with the international Project

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10 years of the MND Research Blog

14 April 202010 September 2020

Reading Time: 6 minutesToday marks 10 years since the MND Association’s research blog first started, making it our ‘blogiversary’. It officially began with a welcome post from our

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

GLT8D1: new gene identifies novel disease mechanism

28 February 201920 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesMND Association-supported clinical fellow Dr Johnathan Cooper-Knock, and a PhD student Tobias Moll, report mutations in a new MND gene which has uncovered a previously

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New genetic discoveries tell us more about what causes MND – Part 2

27 July 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo sets of MND genetic results were published yesterday. One of these results was about the importance of a new gene called NEK1. The second

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund

New genetic discoveries tell us more about what causes MND – Part 1

26 July 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday some exciting news about the genetics of MND was published in the scientific journal Nature Genetics. The results come in two research papers published

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Working together towards a world free from MND

21 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring MND Awareness Month we are highlighting some of the research the MND Association funds in our ‘Project a Day’ series. Today, on global ALS/MND

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30 chapters of MND research

31 May 201628 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring MND Awareness Month (1-30 June), we will be publishing a new post each day. Our ‘Project a Day’ series will celebrate the whole range

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research News Research we fund

Looking for MND genes: Project MinE update

17 March 201616 February 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutesProject MinE is an international genetics project that is analysing DNA from people with MND in detail. For the majority of people with MND, the disease

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