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27th January 2020
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Anima Mundi Charity Print Donation To Funding Neuro In Memory Of Little Daisy Brooks And Ethan Cass We are proud to announce that the Anima Mundi art gallery have made a wonderful donation of nearly £3000, raised so far for Funding Neuro from this years Winter Print Edition. The donation has been made in loving […]
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19th November 2019
InHeadline news
Grierson Award Winning Documentary The BBC Parkinson’s Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure has won the 2019 Grierson Award for Best Science Documentary. The Parkinson’s’ Disease programme follows a group of volunteers with Parkinson’s’ disease. As they take part in a groundbreaking medical trial testing a drug called GDNF. Showing the ups and downs of a […]
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10th February 2020
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Support our super fundraisers. Help find cures for neurological conditions! Always impressed with the lengths our fundraisers are willing to go. We support them to have the greatest success taking on their challenges! Help support our amazing fundraisers! Together we can give hope to those who need it. Worth School Cricket team […]
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4th July 2019
InFN Events
An amazing day for The New Homes Group challenge! The New Homes Group took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday 28th September 2019. They were hoping to involve as many teams as possible to scale the peaks of Whernside (736 m or 2,415 ft), Ingleborough (723 m or 2,372 ft) and Pen-y-ghent (694 m or 2,277 ft). To raise as much as they could […]
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29th October 2019
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Raise a Million for GDNF Funding Neuro are proud of our supporters. No more so than Darren Calder one of the incredibly brave volunteers that took part in the Parkinson’s GDNF study. Darren has now set up a dedicated website for people to follow the progress of his fundraising. Keep up to date with Darren […]
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6th March 2019
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Well Done Annette! Annette’s amazing challenge has inspired so many supporters! Last year saw a special birthday for one of our Funding Neuro supporters. Annette Flaherty was turning 50 and decided to make this memorable birthday even more so. By taking on a quite a challenge…by running 50 miles per week for 50 weeks! Yes… […]
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28th February 2019
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What’s next? GDNF is the only therapy which has been shown to restore the function of dying dopamine neurons in the brain of people living with Parkinson’s disease and with this there is reversal of symptoms. With the release of the GDNF trial results (Results summary) it prompts the question…Whats Next? The next and definitive […]
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27th February 2019
InGeneral
Pioneering trial for Parkinson’s Disease… GDNF the results are out! The results have been published for this ground-breaking trial, aimed to investigate whether boosting the levels of a naturally-occurring protein, Glial Cell Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF), can regenerate dying neurons in the brain and reverse the condition. This has never been achieved previously. The […]
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22nd November 2018
InFundraising
Glioblastoma Appeal Funding Neuro are launching an appeal to bring one of the world’s most advanced immunotherapy trials for glioblastoma to Scotland. Funding Neuro is raising the £500,000 required to complete the trial. The trial will run at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee led by Dr Kismet Hossain-Ibrahim (FRCS (SN), PhD) Consultant Neurosurgeon. The trial will involve ten patients, […]
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22nd November 2018
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Motor Neurone Disease MND This campaign will lay the foundations for human trials of a pioneering therapy for Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The fatal disease affects the brain and nerves and causes weakness over time. There is currently no cure for the condition. The work led by Bristol-based neurosurgeon Professor Steven Gill combines three elements. Gene […]
