Date: Thurs 30th March, 13:00-15:45 Location: SITraN (Sheffield Institue for Translational Neuroscience), 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ SITraN and Sheffield MND Care Centre recently launched myTube – an online education resource about gastrostomy tube feeding in MND, aimed at patients and carers. It is also of great value to professional carers and Health Care…
Continue reading →Our new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, Professor Dame Pam Shaw, has been selected to give the prestigious Croonian Lecture at The Royal College of Physicians in London on Wednesday, 10 February 2016. An internationally acclaimed neurologist, Professor Shaw has devoted her career to improving the lives of people affected by …
Continue reading →All medical, health and social care professionals are invited to an educational motor neuron disease (MND) study day on with MND specialists at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) on Thursday 14th April 2016. The study day will give an overview of future MND projects and interactive learning from MND case studies – for…
Continue reading →A delegation from SITraN led by Director Professor Dame Pam Shaw presented their latest research on motor neuron disease (MND) at the 26th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Orlando, USA, from 11th to 13th December 2015. The symposium is the premier event in the MND research calendar for discussion on the latest advances in research…
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A new study on motor neuron disease (MND) puts star-shaped helper cells in the brain, called astrocytes, in the spotlight. Researchers at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) have revealed the full extent of astrocyte behaviour in a mouse model of MND from pre-symptomatic to late stages of the disease. Their findings suggest that…
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