IoN NEWS http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/home-news-right-col/rss Mark Skinsley 2009-09-21T13:05:17Z New gene identified for Dominant Congenital Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/articles/news/20130516 Researchers at the UCL Institute of Neurology together with international collaborators have identified a new gene, BICD2, which causes both dominant Congenital Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis. Sarah Lawson 2013-05-16T16:31:57Z Teaching Awards 2013 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/articles/news/teachingaward2013 The Education Unit would like to highlight the following teaching awards David R Blundred 2013-05-10T16:02:45Z TRACK-HD study identifies early predictors of disease progression in Huntington’s disease http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/articles/news/20130509 An international team led by researchers at the UCL Institute of Neurology has identified a set of tests that could help identify whether - and how - Huntington’s disease (HD) is progressing in groups of people who are not yet showing symptoms. Sarah Lawson 2013-05-09T17:16:54Z