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| | MELBOURNE (8th Sep 18 at 12:49am UTC) | | "
MELBOURNE， May 9 (Xinhua) -- The founder of one of Australia's most iconic clothing brands has made a generous donation to the University of Melbourne and collaborative researchers in the search for a cure of Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
John Laidlaw， whose family created the well-known workwear brand， Hard Yakka， in the 1930s， made the 750，000 U.S-dollar donation to begin clinical trials of a ""promising"" new drug to combat the disease， which recently struck down his wife， Betty.
MND is a degenerative disease which impacts the brain's ability to send messages around the body and eventually affects a victim's movement， speech and breathing patterns.
The Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia， the research branch of MND Australia， on Monday announced a University of Melbourne-led team had won a competitive application process for the funding provided by Laidlaw.
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