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Charity founded by Doddie Weir passes £11m milestone for MND research

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The foundation set up by late rugby star Doddie Weir has vowed the relentless pursuit of a world free of MND will be his legacy one year on from his death.

My Name’5 Doddie Foundation (MNDF) has now committed more than £11 million to 40 research projects to help find effective treatments and, one day, a cure for the disease.

The charity, set up by Weir following his diagnosis in 2016, launched a five-year research strategy, Catalysing a , in April this year.

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