A huge thank you to all of the guest speakers and for everyone who attended. Please enjoy the video of the afternoon. If you have any questions about the presentations please contact us at any time.   Please find the presentation slides from MND Registry Curator, Kerry Walker here, and […] READ MORE

As part of Awareness Week 2019, MND New Zealand launch their 3 year research strategy focusing on cure, care, communication and collaboration.  MND New Zealand’s Research Strategy aims to develop a globally connected, comprehensive, national MND research programme. Introduction Based on data from international studies, it is estimated that there […] READ MORE

The first paper and findings – Occupation and Motor Neurone Disease: a New Zealand case-control study – has been published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Please click on the link below to access the paper, https://oem.bmj.com/content/76/5/309.full?ijkey=zVCJaVI8H68DFRy&keytype=ref READ MORE

MND New Zealand proudly helps fund vital research at the Centre for Brain Research at the University of Auckland and supports the latest genetics study. Dr. Emma Scotter (Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland), Dr. Richard Roxburgh (Neurogenetics Clinic, Auckland City Hospital), and collaborators are now recruiting for a […] READ MORE

Promising research results announced this week from an Australian clinical trial using a compound called copper-ATSM show that the drug is safe and effective in the effort to defeat Motor Neurone Disease. It has taken the Melbourne-based research team 15 years of working with the compound to get to this […] READ MORE

For further details on the presentations and presenters from this year’s symposium, please go to https://www.mndassociation.org/symposium/. You may also be interested in the cleverly designed ‘Periodic Table of MND Research’ summary of the symposium here https://www.mndassociation.org/symposium/symposium-live/  A huge thank you to the MND Association of England, Wales and Northern Ireland for sharing […] READ MORE