Why are you able to move your hand away from something hot so fast? Your nerve cells! See how your cells work together to make your muscles move quickly with our Nerve Cells & Reflexes paper model! Find out more here: buff.ly/9w6coJV

#EduSky #motorneurone #motorneuron #reflexes #iteachbio

Check out the great work in neurodegeneration and policy #dementia #motorneurone #huntingtons #parkinsons We are proud to lead the work around lived experts and involvement for this Policy Research Unit

10 years ago today, I was a hero, just for one day. I'm on at 4.23, and yes, I am as knackered as I look, this being the 20 mile stage.
#LondonMarathon #MNDA #MotorNeurone
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Petition: Allocate annual funding to accelerate breakthroughs in MND research We want the Government to allocate annual regular funding for the purpose of research, clinical trials, all stages of trials, in order to prolong the lives of MND patients in a meaningful way. We want...

Please sign and share the petition to help get the funding to bust #MND #motorneurone
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Risdiplam for Prenatal Therapy of Spinal Muscular Atrophy | NEJM The alternate splicing small molecule risdiplam, administered to a fetus with spinal muscular atrophy, had an apparent ameliorating effect on the disorder through 30 months.

A rare #genetic #disease treated for the first time in the #womb.

The child, now almost three years old, shows no signs of an often fatal #motorneurone disease.

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Very poignant discussion today on #BBCPoliticsNorth with #RichardMoss #Kevin Hollinrake #cpferguson about #AssistedDying remembering my predecessor Durham Police & Crime Commissioner #RonHogg who campaigned vigorously for a change in the law after being diagnosed with #motorneurone disease in 2019