Research

As part of MND Awareness Week 2019 (17-23 June) and to celebrate Global MND Awareness Day on 21st June, MND New Zealand invite you to join us for “An update on MND Research – Homegrown and Abroad” with guest speakers Professor Chris Shaw, Dr Emma Scotter and MND Registry Curator Kerry Walker. Afternoon tea will … Read more

Led by Grace Chen from Massey University, Wellington the first paper in the series of epidemiological studies into MND has been published. 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 … 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. As this breakthrough in research has made headlines, we put together a Q&A with University of Melbourne neuroscientist Associate Professor Peter Crouch to … Read more

The 29th International Symposium on ALS/MND was held on 7-9 December 2018 in Glasgow, UK. This year saw another full and exciting programme with a wide range of topics and presenters from all over the world. 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 … Read more

MND NZ welcomes research into the prevalence of motor neurone disease as we work to better understand this disease in the hope to one day find a cure. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study released this week suggests rates in New Zealand may be higher than elsewhere in the world. We plan to meet with the … Read more

“It’s a very exciting time to be involved in MND research. There’s a lot of hope and positivity.” – Professor Matthew Kiernan, Bushell Chair of Neurology, Sydney Medical School The first Australasian MND Symposium, held in March 2018, was an in-depth, technical, fascinating glimpse into current MND research from all over the world. We learned … Read more

A summary of research from the 2018 Australasian MND Symposium. This information will be of interest to allied health professionals, people living with MND and their carers. This update discusses the importance of multidisciplinary teams in providing best practice care for people with MND. For an easier to read format, please click here for a PDF … Read more

A summary of research from the 2018 Australasian MND Symposium. This information will be of interest to neurologists and researchers with an interest in MND, and people affected by MND who have a strong interest in scientific research. This update discusses some key global and Australian clinical trials in 2018, the current issues in clinical … Read more

A summary of research from the 2018 Australasian MND Symposium. This information will be of interest to neurologists and researchers with an interest in MND, and people affected by MND who have a strong interest in scientific research. This update discusses the early 2018 drug development pipeline and our current understanding of the disease mechanisms … Read more

A summary of research from the 2018 Australasian MND Symposium. This information will be of interest to people with MND, their carers and health professionals. Below is a broad update about developments in research towards a cure and understanding the causes of MND, including a proposed staging system for MND (similar to that used for … Read more