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Podcast Playlist – Understanding & Researching MND

21/06/2023

Dementia Researcher

It’s MND Awareness Day, so we put together a great podcast episode playlist to provide an introduction to MND, the research and living life with the disease.

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Blog – Are Sportspeople More Prone to MND?

21/06/2023

Dr Sam Moxon

Is there a link between contact sports, repetitive head trauma & diseases like Motor Neurone Disease & Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? Dr Sam Moxon explores

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Could MND be caused by a virus? A new trial will investigate

20/06/2023

Motor Neurone Disease Association

Is MND caused by the activation of ancient viruses hidden within our DNA? A new trials has started to investigate this theory. Shared from MNDA website.

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Investigating sex & population specific risk factors of MND

19/06/2023

Motor Neurone Disease Association

An MNDA Study is reanalysing over 150,000 MND datasets of Motor Neuroen Disease patients and healthy subjects for a thorough investigation of MND risk factors.

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MND-SMART Receives £2.5m from MND Scotland & MND Association

19/06/2023

Dementia Researcher

The groundbreaking MND-SMART Trial receives a £2.5 million pound boost to expand and explore new treatments for people living with MND.

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Blog – UK Motor Neuron Disease Research Institute

19/06/2023

Dementia Researcher

Dr Jane Haley, Director of Research from MND Scotland discusses the launch of the new UK MND Research Institute -accelerating the hunt for new treatments.

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Profile – Dr Alys Griffiths, The University of Sheffield

18/06/2023

Dementia Researcher

Dr Alys Griffiths, NIHR Senior Research Fellow at University of Sheffield working on care and support for people with dementia, MND & long-term conditions

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Profile – Dr Jane Haley, MND Scotland

16/06/2023

Dementia Researcher

Director of Research developing and delivering the MND Scotland research strategy and overseeing a wide portfolio of grant funding.

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Blog – Searching for the ‘whole’ scientist, juggling academia

16/06/2023

Dr Gaia Brezzo

Dr Gaia Brezzo discusses the struggle of balancing multiple aspects of an academic career, and the importance of taking time for higher-level thinking.

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ISTAART Is 10,000 Members Strong

14/06/2023

Alzheimer's Association

ISTAART has achieved the amazing milestone of welcoming the 10,000th member to its amazing community of scientists, clinicians and dementia professionals

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The UK Dementia Research Institute has a new Director

14/06/2023

UK DRI

Professor Siddharthan Chandran appointed to replace Professor Bart De Strooper as Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute.

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Blog – Visiting other research labs, a personal reflection

14/06/2023

Dr Anna Volkmer

Dr Anna Volkmer talks about visiting other labs as a valuable opportunity to enable collaboration, inspiration & personal growth, providing fresh perspectives.