Charity set up by Doddie Weir invests £4m in bid to accelerate MND research

Doddie Weir set up the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation to fund research into MND (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

A charity set up by late rugby legend Doddie Weir has committed £4 million to an “open science framework” for research into motor neurone disease.

My Name’5 Doddie Foundation has made its biggest-ever single investment in research to fund four projects, which are described as “highly collaborative” and aim to ensure findings are shared rapidly and openly among researchers worldwide.