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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Paul Byrne

Breakthrough drug could help people with motor neurone disease to live longer, show tests

A new drug treatment could help people with motor neurone disease to live longer.

Tests have found a protein usually given to kidney cancer patients can lead to a 70% reduction in the risk of dying.

Former rugby league star Rob Burrow, 40, is fighting the degenerative illness which last year claimed the life of his friend, rugby union legend Doddie Weir.

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