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| 6/03/2017
A study led by University of Queensland researchers Associate Professor Trent Woodruff and Dr John Lee has found a drug “PMX205” extends the life of mice that have a SOD1 mutation.
| 27/02/2017
Research supported by the MND Research Institute of Australia has led to the discovery of a new and simple test to monitor disease progression in people with MND and evaluate drugs under investigation in MND clinical trials.
| 7/02/2017
The MND Research Institute of Australia is pleased to announce Camille Paynter as the recipient of a co-funded NHMRC/MND Research Institute of Australia Postgraduate Scholarship to start in 2017.
| 22/12/2016
Congratulations to this year’s successful applicants in the annual National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant funding round. More than $4 million has been awarded for motor neurone disease (MND) research.
| 22/12/2016
Applicants must be an Australian citizen or have permanent resident status. Applications close at 6 pm EST on Friday 27 January 2017.
| 13/12/2016
A phase II clinical trial led by Dr Michael Benatar from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has found a heat shock protein-based therapy shows potential for the treatment of ALS patients with mutations in the SOD1 gene.
| 12/12/2016
It has been another extraordinary year for the Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia. Thirty-two grants worth $3.75 million have been awarded for research to start in 2017.
| 22/11/2016
The Lighthouse Project is a clinical trial to test whether MND is caused or triggered by human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs). The trial is now recruiting participants in NSW and Victoria.