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motor neurone disease

  1. Northerner

    Scientists discover mechanism behind motor neurone disease

    Scientists say they have made a breakthrough in understanding the cause of both motor neurone disease and a rare form of dementia. They have discovered what causes a protein called FUS to stay in a jelly-like state, killing off brain cells. The researchers, from Cambridge and Toronto, said...
  2. Northerner

    Remember the ice bucket challenge? It just funded an ALS breakthrough

    The ALS Association says money raised by viral charity challenge, dismissed as ‘slacktivism’ by many, has helped identify a new gene associated with the disease. It is often easy to dismiss viral charity campaigns as “slacktivism”, which lacks in real-world impact (we never did catch the...
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