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Disappointing news for diaphragm pacing in MND

31 July 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesResults from the UK clinical trial of diaphragm pacing in MND/ALS (known as DiPALS) were published online today in the journal Lancet Neurology. DiPALS was

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Breaking the Human Genome Code

1 April 201520 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesProfessor Winston Hide gave his inaugural lecture on 17 March, during Brain Awareness week, entitled ‘breaking the human genome code – opening Pandora’s box’, which you can watch

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Gastrostomy in MND: Progress in ProGas

7 December 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs well as biomedical research, we fund healthcare research to lead to better symptom management and support for people living with MND. On the final

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The importance of tissue in MND research

25 October 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDr Robin Highley from the Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), which is based at the University of Sheffield, has written a special ‘guest blog’

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The MND Researchers Bake off Champion!

25 July 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs well as helping out with our ‘blog a day’ during MND Awareness Month, we also asked our researchers to get involved in ‘baking’ to become

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Sheffield work towards a treatment for SOD1 form of MND

15 July 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesA number of articles were published in various news sources on 11 July 2014, highlighting how scientists in Sheffield are working towards testing a promising

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The UK Whole Genome Sequencing project

30 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesDr Samantha Price is the Research Information Co-ordinator at the MND Association. As well as organising the ‘blog a day’ during MND Awareness Month she

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Cycling to ENCALS – “on yer bike”

29 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesMedical Research Council (MRC)/ MND Association Lady Edith Wolfson Clinical Research Fellow, Dr Johnathan Cooper-Knock, is based at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN),

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Streaking Meerkats

27 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn April 2014 over 30 runners from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) took part in the Sheffield half marathon. The team consisted of

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Can fish get MND?

24 June 201419 April 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesDr Tennore Ramesh is based at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) based at the University of Sheffield. His Association funded research is investigating

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