MND Australia Research News

December Edition of Advance now available
This edition of the Research newsletter Advance provides an overview of the scientific sessions of the 22nd International ALS/MND Symposium held in Sydney, the year in review and the grants awarded...

Funds allocated for research in Australia in 2012
For the second year in a row MND Australia has allocated almost $1.4 million to Australian scientists for new research projects into the cause, care, control and cure of motor neurone disease (MND)....

International Research Update
The final quarterly International Research Update for 2011 prepared by Bill Gole Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Justin Yerbury is now available. 'Over the last three years I have had the pleasure of ...

Latest update on the Australian MND Registry
Over 1200 people with MND have registered with AMNDR and at least 10 major centres from around Australia have been contributing information on a regular basis on behalf of people with motor neurone...

NHMRC announces 2011 Funding Round Outcome
which includes a total of $2,615,371 awarded to MND researchers for project grants and also one early career fellowship. MND Australia congratulates the recipients for their commitment to MND...

New genetic mutation identified:
the Most Common Cause of FTD and ALS Accounting for as Much as One Third of All Familial ALS September 21, 2011 Two independent studies, both funded by The ALS Association, have found a genetic...

Latest International Research Update Now Available
The latest quarterly International Research Update prepared by Bill Gole Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Justin Yerbury is now available. MND was first described over 140 years ago. Science and...

Major breakthrough as researchers discover common cause of all forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Researchers from Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine in America, have identified that faulty ubiquilin 2 plays an integral role to MND. Led by eminent researcher Prof Teepu Siddique...

New Zealand’s first-ever comprehensive survey into links between motor-neurone disease and the workplace .
is to be undertaken by Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research. With new Health Research Council funding of $2.8 million, researchers led by Professor Jeroen Douwes, will...

Applications for research grants 2012 close on Friday
Application closing date: Friday, 26 August 2011 Hurry to apply for funding to support MND scientific and clinical research in the calendar year 2012. The prestigious Bill Gole MND Postdoctoral...