UCL Partnership MND Clinical and Research Centre

The MND Centre sits within two academic sites and a number of NHS institutions which form one of the biggest Health Care and Research Organisations in Europe, under the umbrella of University College London Partners. The Centre ensures a broad translational research platform in MND based on a range of activities in applied and basic science:
• A network of MND/ALS clinics across North-London, Essex and Hertfordshire working for a referral population of approximately 6,000,000 individuals, with provision of services for patients in need of palliative, respiratory and nutritional care;
• An annual turnover of approximately 400 MND/ALS patients with potential for participating in clinical studies;
• An extensive program of biomarker discovery and validation developed cross-sectionally and longitudinally with other neurological diseases;
• A unique biobank resource of biological fluids and tissues collected longitudinally throughout the main disease milestones from a clinically stratified MND/ALS population;
• Internationally recognised pre-clinical research on animal models of ALS, used for research into basic disease mechanisms, and to translate findings to patients with MND/ALS;
• A genomic program including the search for disease relevant genes, exome and next generation sequence of all consenting MND patients;
• A strong track record in research on environmental factors as disease determinants in epidemiological studies;
• A high level of integration with patient groups, charities and key players in biotechnology and drug discovery.

Contact information
Address

National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery - Queen Square
WC1N 3BG, London
United Kingdom

Phone

+44 (0)20 3456 7890

Fax

+44 (0)20 7278 5069

Email a.malaspina@qmul.ac.uk
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Serving population
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Patient resources
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Clinic based register

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Geographically matched controls

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Banks

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Research activities
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Neuro epidemiology

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Genomics

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Transcriptomics

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Metabolomics

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Clinical Trials - Industry sponsored

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