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Investigating the environmental triggers for motor neurone disease
Manage episode 455325119 series 5409
The number of Australians diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) has increased over the past 40 years.
But only 10 per cent of cases have a clear genetic cause.
Scientists have been investigating the possible environmental triggers for sporadic MND.
Their focus? Pesticides, metals and a neurotoxin produced by blue-green algae.
Guest/s
- Tracy Ellis
- Professor Dominic Rowe, neurologist at Macquarie University
- Professor Ken Rodgers, neurotoxicology at the University of Technology Sydney
References
- Synthesis of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom knowledge and analysis of recent trends in the Murray-Darling Basin
- Prevalence of β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and its isomers in freshwater cyanobacteria isolated from eastern Australia
- Occupational Exposures to Pesticides and Other Chemicals: a New Zealand MotorNeurone Disease Case-Control Study
- Exposure to environmental toxins and the risk of sporadic motor neuron disease: an expanded Australian case-control study
- Macquarie University Motor Neuron Disease Research Centre
- Australian-first MND map awarded $1m government grant
1448 episodes
Manage episode 455325119 series 5409
The number of Australians diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) has increased over the past 40 years.
But only 10 per cent of cases have a clear genetic cause.
Scientists have been investigating the possible environmental triggers for sporadic MND.
Their focus? Pesticides, metals and a neurotoxin produced by blue-green algae.
Guest/s
- Tracy Ellis
- Professor Dominic Rowe, neurologist at Macquarie University
- Professor Ken Rodgers, neurotoxicology at the University of Technology Sydney
References
- Synthesis of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom knowledge and analysis of recent trends in the Murray-Darling Basin
- Prevalence of β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and its isomers in freshwater cyanobacteria isolated from eastern Australia
- Occupational Exposures to Pesticides and Other Chemicals: a New Zealand MotorNeurone Disease Case-Control Study
- Exposure to environmental toxins and the risk of sporadic motor neuron disease: an expanded Australian case-control study
- Macquarie University Motor Neuron Disease Research Centre
- Australian-first MND map awarded $1m government grant
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