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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Experimental drug shows signs of slowing motor neurone disease

Hands of a resident at a nursing home.
Patients reported being able to walk again after receiving gene-targeted treatment. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

An experimental drug for motor neurone disease (MND) has shown signs of slowing the progress of the devastating illness in a landmark trial.

The results provide fresh hope after a phase-three trial of the same drug had previously failed to make a meaningful difference to patient outcomes after six months of treatment.

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