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All the posts every put on our website. Blogs, Podcasts, Careers Support, News and all the good stuff that you wouldn’t want to miss. Only made possible thanks to funding from our amazing partners, NIHR, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society & Race Against Dementia.

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Stevie’s Story – MND Scotland

23/06/2023

Dementia Researcher

Stevie Morris, talks about his diagnosis of motor neurone disease (MND). Put your questions to Stevie & hear about the MND-SMART trial in our livestream today.

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Blog – Fading stars: disorder in the galaxy of the brain

22/06/2023

Dr Chris Henstridge

Dr Chris Henstridge explores the connection between synapse loss, cognitive decline, and overlapping symptoms in Frontotemporal Dementia & Motor Neuron Disease

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£8m to speed up research into new treatments for MND

21/06/2023

NIHR

The NIHR has announced its next major step in new government action to speed up research into Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

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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.