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  • A portrait cover image of Manuela Cerina, Scientific Director at LifeArc.
    News releases

    New partnership aims to develop clinical tools for motor neuron disease prognosis, monitoring, and drug development

    LifeArc and ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) have joined forces to identify, validate, and develop new biomarkers that are…

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    News releases

    LifeArc and Kings College London team up to accelerate MND treatment development by driving systematic target validation

    LifeArc has pledged £1.5 million to fund a new two-year collaborative partnership with King’s College London (KCL) to validate a…

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  • Two hands cradle a string of paper dolls including children and adults, one is a wheelchair user.

    The MND Insights Group and community surveys

    The MND Insights Group and community surveys At LifeArc our mission is to uncover the most important research questions and…

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  • The MND collaborative partnership

    The MND collaborative partnership £4.25 million partnership aimed at speeding up the development of effective MND treatments. Overview This exciting…

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  • A female LifeArc scientist in gloves, lab coat, hijab and safety glasses lifts a plate from a lab machine.

    Development of Repurposed Drug Candidates for MND

    Preclinical Discovery and Development of Repurposed Drug Candidates for MND Through LifeArc’s Translational Challenge in MND, this funding programme aims…

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  • A LifeArc scientist operates chemistry equipment behind a protective screen.

    £1m Primer Fund to accelerate MND diagnosis

    £1m Primer Fund to accelerate MND diagnosis The primer fund is intended to support projects which seek to develop solutions…

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  • Close up of cell images on a computer screen in the lab, with and male and female scientist in the foreground

    The MND Translational Research Fund

    The Motor Neurone Disease Translational Research Fund A joint fund created by LifeArc and the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND…

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    News releases

    LifeArc announces £5 million drug repurposing programme for motor neuron disease

    LifeArc announced today that it will commit £5 million in grant funding to find new treatments for motor neuron disease…

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  • Light micrograph of human brain tissue showing neurons and glial cells
    News releases

    LifeArc-funded documentary highlights pioneering scientific research into new targets for treatment of motor neuron disease

    A new documentary has been released which follows a key discovery made by researchers at University College London that suggests…

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  • Close-up of CT scan with brain.
    News releases

    LifeArc helps fund new research institute to accelerate the search for a cure for MND

    A new research institute to accelerate the search for a cure for motor neuron disease (MND, also known as ALS),…

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  • 3D illustration of a neuron in beautiful background
    Articles & blogs

    How LifeArc’s Neurodegeneration Translational Challenge is leading the charge against Motor Neurone Disease

    June 21st is Global MND Awareness Day, a day to raise worldwide awareness of MND (Motor Neurone Disease) and to…

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  • Motor neurons grown from stem cells using complex developmental biology techniques (differentiated these cells from induced pluripotent stem cells/iPSCs (not embryonic stem cells)). In blue is the centre of each cell (the nucleus), and in red is the main structural component of each cell (the cytoskeleton).
    News releases

    New programme to move potential MND drugs into clinical trials faster

    EXPERTS-ALS to screen candidate drugs at scale and identify those that should be fast-tracked to larger clinical trials

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