Do you live in the Riverina area in NSW? Macquarie University is looking into how environmental risk factors may play a part in causing MND. They are recruiting research participants who either have an MND diagnosis or have lived in the same household as someone with MND in the past 10 years.
Participants must either currently live in the Riverina area or have lived there for at least 10 years in the past and are now living elsewhere. This study aims to screen for environmental risk factors and their potential association with MND in Australia, specifically in the agricultural Riverina Region. A number of groups are being sought from the region: patients with an MND diagnosis; people living in the same household as a person diagnosed with MND in the last ten years; or people who have lived in the region for at least ten years in the past, but have since moved away. All participants will be required to provide a urine sample and answer a questionnaire. More info: Neurodegenerative Disease Biobank Centre for MND Research Macquarie University T: (02) 9812 3741 or (02 ) 9850 2722 E:
This study has been reviewed and given ethical approval by the Macquarie University HREC (Medical Sciences) under application number 5201600387