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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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AMBRoSIA – our biggest ever research project

12 September 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe AMBRoSIA (A Multicentre Biomarker Resource Strategy In ALS) project is our biggest, most ambitious research undertaking to date. The project funding began in August,

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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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Developing the Biomarkers in Oxford Project

20 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesBiomarkers in Oxford (BioMOx) is a research project with the aim of identifying a diagnostic biomarker for MND, which could be used to track the

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Developing a drug screen using nerve cells from a mouse model of MND

18 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a previous research project funded by the MND Association, Prof Kevin Talbot and colleagues from the University of Oxford developed a new TDP-43 mouse

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Protecting motor neurones against oxidative stress in MND

14 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the early stages of MND it is proposed that motor neurones are more susceptible to an imbalance of oxygen within the cells, known as

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The MND Register of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

8 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is the MND Register? The MND Register is a major five year project that aims to collect and store information about every person living

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The role of the protein TDP-43 in MND due to C9orf72 mutations

3 June 201629 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesMistakes in the C9orf72 gene are the most common cause of inherited MND, and can be linked to about 40% of all cases. Now that

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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…..and prizes….

30 November 201528 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe fantastic news that Patrick Joyce and his co-inventors have won the 2015 Hackaday Prize for their ‘Eyedrivomatic’ invention is one of a number of research

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Hunting for clues about the genetic causes of FTD and MND

9 October 20152 August 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday we published an introductory blog on frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and described how it is sometimes found in combination with MND. Today we are looking

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