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Using stem cell technology to understand more about how MND and FTD develop

26 October 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association are funding Prof Kevin Talbot, Dr Ruxandra Dafinca (née Mutihac) and colleagues at the University of Oxford, who are investigating the link

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Transforming skin cells into nerve cells to understand MND gene mutations

27 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn previous research Prof Kevin Talbot and colleagues at the University of Oxford began to understand more about how the C9orf72 gene defect causes human

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A taste of Brussels…

21 November 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 4 November, we welcomed two of our funded researchers to our offices in Northampton. Ruxandra Mutihac and Matt Gabel gave us a ‘taste’ of what’s to come for

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A research perspective on the MND Association spring conferences

4 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing on from Peter Bickley, Dr Ruxandra Mutihac volunteered to present her research at the Newport Spring Conference earlier this year. Here she gives an insight

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Using induced pluripotent stem cells to further our understanding of MND

18 April 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesDr Jakub Scaber from the University of Oxford is our newest Medical Research Council (MRC)/ MND Association Lady Edith Wolfson Clinical Research Fellow. He is investigating

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