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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Martin Bagot

Dementia and MND sufferers given hope by Brit boffins' innovative nasal spray approach

Scientists could develop a nasal spray to treat the most common genetic form of motor neurone disease (MND) and some types of dementia.

“World leading” British researchers believe they could be a step closer to halting the devastating death of nerve cells that leads to disability and death.

Early-stage studies by Sheffield University suggest using a small peptide could block mutant repeated strands of information from being used by the body to make toxic components that contribute to frontotemporal dementia.

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