Researchers from the University of Sheffield's Institute for Translational Neuroscience are involved in an ambitious European research project aimed at finding a new treatment for motor neurone disease (MND).
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A previously unknown link between the immune system and the death of motor neurons in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, has been discovered by scientists at the CHUM Research Centre ...
Jun 10, 2015
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Researchers from around the UK, led by a team at the University of Sheffield's Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), have found new evidence to support early nutrition management in motor neuron disease (MND).
Jun 3, 2015
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Scientists at the flagship motor neuron disease research centre, based at the University of Sheffield, investigated how specialised nerve cells that control voluntary movements die – something which is key to understanding ...
May 28, 2015
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Often described as the final frontier of biology, the nervous system is a complex network comprised of the brain, spinal cord and the nerves that run through the body. Published today by scientists led by Bennett Novitch, ...
Apr 22, 2015
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Researchers have identified a new host of gene variants that could make people vulnerable to sporadic motor neurone disease, according to a report published today in the journal, Scientific Reports.
Mar 16, 2015
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Today, a team of researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) sheds new light on the underlying pathology of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare but devastating disease that causes muscle weakness and paralysis ...
Jan 12, 2015
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Scientists at the University of St Andrews have discovered new ways of studying what happens to motor neurons affected by motor neuron disease (MND) by using stem cells derived from patient skin samples, according to research ...
Jan 12, 2015
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The Irish arm of a new worldwide project which will dig deep into thousands of DNA profiles in order to discover the genetic causes of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) has been launched in Ireland by Professor Orla Hardiman's ...
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The way that tetanus neurotoxin enters nerve cells has been discovered by UCL scientists, who showed that this process can be blocked, offering a potential therapeutic intervention for tetanus. This newly-discovered pathway ...
Nov 27, 2014
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