# The Heaton - Ellis Trust

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1126534 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1126534)
- Last verified: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/heaton-ellis-trust

The Trust was set up to help extinguish Motor Neurone Disease (MND) for which there is no specific test or effective treatment. The goal for the MND gene-hunting programme is to discover all the genes responsible for causing MND. Once achieved drugs can be screened that can arrest and even reverse motor neurone degeneration. Funds raised by the trust will help to fund the gene-hunting initiative.

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