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Professor Dame Pamela Shaw
Professor Dame Pamela Shaw

World-renowned MND researcher and clinician says making research easier to understand, and showing why it matters, is vital

One of the world’s leading scientists on motor neurone disease (MND) and other neurological diseases says making complex research more accessible and understandable is vital to show progress is being made at developing treatments for the conditions.
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FDA approves trial to advance pioneering treatment for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP)

The US Food and Drug Administation (FDA) has approved BlackfinBio Limited’s Phase 1/2 clinical trial for its novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy targeting Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) Type 47 (SPG47).
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ΞΆΓάΘ¦ spinout takes major step towards advancing pioneering treatments for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP)

BlackfinBio Limited is a spinout company from the University of ΞΆΓάΘ¦ set to pioneer novel therapies for rare genetic neurological diseases.

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Groundbreaking EXPERTS-ALS study for MND treatments

The EXPErimental medicine Route To Success in ALS (EXPERTS-ALS) project aims to rapidly screen potential drugs for evidence that they can slow down damage to the nervous system occurring in people with motor neuron disease
Researchers in SITraN lab

MND awareness day 2020 - research in ΞΆΓάΘ¦

On 21 June, we are recognising motor neurone disease (MND) awareness day and the impact that this disease has on people from all over the world.
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Big 30 fundraising challenge supporting Parkinson’s research

From doing 30 sit-ups to running 30 miles, we are inviting staff, students and members of the public to do 30 things this month in support of Parkinson's research.
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ΞΆΓάȦ’s marvellous world of medical research goes digital with online festival

How can we all live healthier, longer lives? That is something on many people's minds at the moment and medical researchers at the University of ΞΆΓάΘ¦ want to help you find out how.
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Revolutionising autonomous technology with the brain of a bee

Nature will always find the simplest way to do something and often we can take inspiration from it. This is the case for autonomous technology, where bees are providing a solution to the problems it faces.

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New breakthrough could help us understand how rare childhood brain disorders develop

The discovery by academics from the Neuroscience Institute and Bateson Centre has revealed that defective immune cells in the brain called microglia contribute to the development of leukodystrophies.