Reading Time: 6 minutesPlease note that this blog talks about sensitive topics such as death and tissue donation throughout. Researchers use many different tools to increase our understanding
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Reading Time: 5 minutesGuest researcher blog post written by Matthew Nolan. My name is Matthew, I’m currently a post-doctoral researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in
Reading Time: 3 minutesEach year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on the eyes – in most people
Reading Time: 4 minutesBrain banks are a vital resource in MND research. The MRC London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank was established in 1989. It is part of King’s College
Reading Time: < 1 minute“On the tenth day of Christmas MND research gives to you… TEN research studies we helped promote and recruit for in 2014” Last year we
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’
Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery March, Brain Awareness Week (11 – 17 March 2013) unites people of all ages worldwide to raise awareness of brain research. There are 45
Reading Time: 3 minutesTissue donation has played a vital role in many important MND research findings. Without the generosity of individuals who decide to donate their brains and spinal cords to
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlternative treatments can be tempting if you have a disease like MND, for which conventional medicine can only offer one moderately effective drug. Unfortunately this temptation is easily
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is really quiet in the office today, with a few colleagues out and about for various reasons. As soon as the thought entered my