Check out these two newsitems online about Project MinE in Ireland:
www.irishtimes.com/news/science/project-mine-digs-for-clues-to-motor-neurone-disease-1.2014618
www.newstalk.com/Scientists-want-your-DNA-to-help-fight-Motor-Neuron-Disease
And listen to the radio interview with Prof. Orla Hardiman of Trinity College Dublin on December 4th: