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Doddie fund hits £250k for MND research

By SAM JACKSON
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A FOUNDATION set up by Doddie Weir has raised £250,000 for research into motor neurone disease (MND).
The money will allow scientists in Edinburgh to study whether drugs already used to treat other conditions could help people with the disease. The former Scotland international announced last year that he had MND. He launched the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation with the aim of finding a cure for the terminal condition. The name of the foundation is a reference to his rugby shirt number.
He said: “This is our second significant investment in research a...

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