February 2, 2024 News by Steve Bryson, PhD Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research goes to UCSF scientist Sergio E. Baranzini, PhD, a scientist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is this year’s winner of the Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research, awarded by theĀ National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) for his groundbreaking discoveries in multiple sclerosis (MS). His efforts have helped…
November 21, 2023 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD InSilicoTrials wins award for its AI efforts in treatment development InSilicoTrials (IST) has received this year’s Innovation Radar Prize for its efforts to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to advance clinical trials and predictive technologies that may benefit people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other diseases. Launched in 2015 by the European Commission, the award recognizes European Union (EU)-funded…
June 29, 2021 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Progressive MS Projects Earn Research Challenge Awards The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada has granted itsĀ International Progressive MS Alliance (Alliance) Research Challenge Awards to 19 researchers for their work on progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Among them is Jennifer Gommerman, PhD, a professor at the University of Toronto, in Canada, who will use…
May 22, 2020 News by Mary Chapman MedTech Breakthrough Cites RxMx and Roche for MS Patient App For a comprehensive support app developed for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients,Ā RxMxĀ and Roche have won the Patient Engagement Innovation Award from Medtech Breakthrough. The fourth annual awards program recognized top health and medical technology products and companies. Healthcare company RxMx and pharmaceutical company Roche collaborated to produce…
June 22, 2017 News by Alice MelĆ£o, MSc MS Researcher Stephen Hauser, MD, Awarded the 2017 Taubman Prize Stephen L. Hauser, MD, director of theĀ University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)‘s Weill Institute for Neurosciences,Ā has been awarded the 2017 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Research. Recognized for scientific work that challenged the way multiple sclerosis (MS) is regarded, Hauserās discoveries have opened new therapeutic…
February 17, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD BpiFrance Awards PathMaker Grant to Develop MyoRegulator, Device to Treat Spasticity The French economic promotionĀ agencyĀ BpifranceĀ has awarded Boston-basedĀ PathMaker NeurosystemsĀ a grant to finance theĀ development of itsĀ MyoRegulator, a noninvasiveĀ neurotherapy technology to treatĀ conditions linked toĀ neural pathway disruption, includingĀ neuromotor spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Through the Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir (PIA-1), an investment program offered by Bpifrance, the Ā grant ā whose…
January 13, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Trio Wins Crafoord Science Award for Discovery of Regulatory T-cells’ Role in Autoimmunity Three researchers who discovered regulatory T-cells and their role in autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), have been awarded the Crafoord PrizeĀ by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The scientists āĀ Shimon Sakaguchi, Fred Ramsdell, and Alexander Rudensky ā are credited with advancing understanding of how the body…