Motor Neurone Disease: Medical Treatments and Research
Commons · Question 25991 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support research into (a) the treatment of and (b) a cure for motor neurone disease.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 30 Jan 2025
The Department delivers research into motor neurone disease (MND) via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds a range of research into MND, including investing £8 million into EXPERTS-ALS, which is an early phase clinica...