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Josh Salisbury

Tofersen: ‘Truly remarkable’ drug slows down motor neurone disease, researchers find

Some patients reported better mobility and lung function a year after taking the drug tofersen

(Picture: PA)

A “promising” new drug has been shown to slow and even reverse some of the devastating decline caused by motor-neurone disease (MND) in some patients, say researchers.

Some patients with a faulty SOD1 gene, who took part in a clinical trial, reported better mobility and lung function a year after taking the drug tofersen.

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