Charles Sturt University (CSU) accepted a generous donation from a Junee woman on Thursday 10 November to help with the funding of research into Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Mrs Margaret Flagg presented a cheque valued at $2 200 to the Head of the CSU School of Biomedical Sciences Professor Rod Hill.Mrs Flagg lost her 70 year old husband, John, to MND in November 2014 and has raised the money through community events such as a luncheon, bowls day and raffles."My husband was diagnosed with the disease in 2011," Mrs Flagg said. "I promised him I would continue my family's efforts to raise awareness of this dreadful condition as well as raise funds to help researchers working in this field."MND is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The disease affects the motor neurones that control the muscles which allow people to move, speak, breathe and swallow.  Professor Hill said, "Charles Sturt University is very grateful for the support of Mrs Flagg."Several researchers, including myself, are working in the general field of neuroscience."MND and other diseases of the nervous system seem to have common links where certain genes appear to have altered or messed up function. "Degeneration of the nervous system can have devastating effects.  Our researchers are trying to discover what is going wrong with these genes."