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Celebrating the contribution of Women to MND research

9 February 20249 February 2024

Reading Time: 7 minutesEach year the 11th of February sees the world recognise and celebrate the contributions of women in science. The International day of Women and Girls

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Stepping Stones in a river
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A stepping stone to becoming future leaders in MND research

12 September 202312 September 2023

Reading Time: 6 minutesMND is a very complex disease and collaboration within the research community is key to building on our current understanding of the disease biology and

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Different pills
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EXPERTS-ALS: a new drug testing platform from the UK MND Research Institute

21 June 202321 June 2023

Reading Time: 6 minutesMND is a very complex disease, and in the UK there is still only one approved treatment so the need for more effective treatments remains

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One hundred not out: keeping up the momentum of MND Research

9 March 20239 March 2023

Reading Time: 5 minutesResearch into MND has increased over recent years and we now have a greater understanding of what is happening within the body during the disease.

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Understanding family experiences of inherited MND: developing a new web resource on Healthtalk.org

7 October 20207 October 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesGuest researcher blog post written by Jade Howard. Hello, my name is Jade Howard and I am a second year PhD student from The Health

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Studentship success – next steps for Matthew Nolan

11 August 202011 August 2020

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

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Fathoming MND

19 March 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis article was written by our Senior Clinical Fellow Prof Martin Turner, a Consultant Neurologist at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. “Will it affect my children?”

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More information for families affected by inherited MND available online

2 August 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn April this year MND clinician-researchers Professors Martin Turner and Kevin Talbot at the University of Oxford organised an information day about the rare, inherited

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Life of an MND researcher – part 2: PhD edition

26 June 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesEach year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on the eyes – in most people

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Families for the Treatment of Hereditary MND (FaTHoM)

20 February 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesScientists from the University of Oxford have set up ‘Families for the Treatment of Hereditary MND’ (FaTHoM), an initiative to bring together the community of

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