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Visit the charity's profileThe Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research
Motor neurone disease (MND) is a debilitating condition that causes muscle weakness and paralysis, difficulty speaking, swallowing and breathing. It is life-shortening and there is currently no effective treatment or cure.
MND affects cells called motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons transmit electrical messages to tell your muscles what to do. MND gradually stops these messages reaching the muscles.
There are about 400 people living with MND in Scotland at any one time; 200 are newly diagnosed each year - thats four every week!
Average life expectancy in Scotland is only 16 months, with one in ten people living for 5 years or more past diagnosis.
Euan MacDonald Centre researchers are working hard to change this. Based at the University of Edinburgh, and uniting over 200 doctors, scientists and NHS healthcare professionals across Scotland, the Centres aim is to improve the lives of people living with MND, and to slow, stop and eventually reverse this devastating condition.
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