Professor Kevin Talbot gives his inaugural lecture as the new Chair of Motor Neuron Biology.
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal attended a lecture today to mark the appointment of Professor Kevin Talbot to the new Chair of Motor Neuron Biology at the University of Oxford. The position will support research into motor neurone disease with the aim of increasing understanding of this complex disease. The establishment of the Chair, the first of its kind in the UK, is supported by the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Trust. HRH The Princess Royal is the royal patron of the MND Association. Professor Talbot said: 'Growing a research and clinical team in Oxford, at one of the leading universities in the world, will allow us to harness some of the best biomedical science to fight motor neurone disease and continue to develop a true centre of excellence and an international profile.' Motor neurone disease is a fatal neurological condition which kills five people in the UK every day. This little-understood disease can affect any adult at any age. There are 5,000 people in the UK living with the condition, and the MND Association estimates that around half of patients will die within 14 months of receiving their diagnosis due to the rapid progression of the disease.
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