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Speakers:
Prof Sir Ian Wilmut, Centre For Reproductive Biology, University of Edinburgh
Prof Siddharthan Chandran, Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research, University of Edinburgh
Prof Christopher Shaw, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Dr Brian Dickie, Director of Research Development, MND association
The Motor Neurone Disease Association has announced its biggest ever funding for its first stem cell programme which will enable scientists to perform detailed studies on human motor neurons containing known causes of motor neuron disease (MND). Four leading scientists involved came to the SMC to tell journalists about the programme and its aims.