Researchers find high blood pressure drug could treat motor neurone disease 

Claire Byrne at the launch of the book Living with Motor Neurone Disease by Clinical Psychologist Dr Marie Murray in May. Researchers have taken an "important new step" in finding a treatment for the disease

Researchers have taken an "important new step" in finding a treatment for motor neurone disease after they found a drug commonly used for enlarged prostates and high blood pressure could treat the illness.

MND is a group of rare diseases that destroy cells called motor neurons and causes patients to slowly lose the function of their muscles.