February 29, 2024 News by Margarida Maia, PhD Australian researchers win grants to study immune system’s role in MS Two researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA) have received grants from MS Australia for work that may help scientists better understand how an immune system gone awry can cause multiple sclerosis (MS). Belinda Kaskow, PhD, a teaching and research fellow at UWAās School of Biomedical Sciences,…
September 5, 2023 News by Margarida Maia, PhD MS Australia awards incubator grants to four research projects Four researchers working in multiple sclerosis (MS) were awarded incubator grants in MS Australiaās latest funding round, which theyāll use to kickstart projects designed to better understand the progressive neurodegenerative disease. Worth a total of AU$92,565, or roughly $60,000, this round of incubator grants provides seed funding…
August 24, 2022 News by Mary Chapman New MS Grant Winners to Explore Disease Risk, Prevalence in Australia The newest recipients of the MS Australia incubator grants will seek novel ways to prevent and treat multiple sclerosis (MS) and explore the prevalence and incidence of the neurodegenerative disorder in different parts of the country. One scientist will use the funding to explore disease risk factors ā and…
May 24, 2022 News by Mary Chapman World MS Day Unites People to Share, Promote ‘Connections’ From sharing stories to heraldingĀ support networks, people across the globe are preparing to mark World MS Day, observed annually on May 30th to heighten awareness of multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the 2.8 million people it’s thought to affect. Event activities take place throughout May…
April 13, 2022 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD Australia Sets Aside $18M to Support MS Trials, EBV Research The Australian government has announced that a record AU$18 million (about $13.5 million) from the Medical Research Future Fund will be used to support research intoĀ multiple sclerosisĀ (MS) as part of its 2022ā23 budget. Grant opportunities willĀ focus on increasing access to clinical trials and speeding the development of effective…
February 18, 2022 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD MS Australia Funds Research to Block Inflammatory T-cells From Brain A researcher at the University of Adelaide, in Australia, has received an AU$390,000 grant (about $280,000) to investigate how inflammatory T-cells reach the blood and brain of people with multiple sclerosisĀ (MS). The 3-year fellowship grant was awarded to Iain Comerford, PhD, for his project, titled “Stopping T cells…
August 13, 2021 News by Vanda Pinto, PhD MS Australia Joins Jean Hailes’ Women’s Health Week MS Australia is again teaming up with Jean Hailes‘ Women’s Health Week, to promote good health for all women and girls and to support the multiple sclerosis (MS) community. About three times more women than men are affected by MS. āWe are pleased to again be partnering…
May 26, 2016 News by BioNews Staff MS Australia Puts Out an Owner’s Manual for ‘MS Bike’ and Anyone Willing to Take It for a Spin A bicycle specially designed to mimic the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) now has its own owner’s manual, and the group behind the bike’s creation is inviting anyone interested to build their own experience of the spasticity and physical discomforts so well-known to people with the disease. The manual, which…
January 18, 2016 News by BioNews Staff Bike With Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms Debuts for 2016 Australia Fundraising Race One of the teams participating in the 10th anniversary of the MS Melbourne Cycle,Ā an annual biking challenge to raise money for MS Australia,Ā has built a bicycle that as closely as possible replicatesĀ theĀ physical difficulties and discomforts that typify multiple sclerosis (MS). AĀ collaboration between the companyĀ Grey Australia, paralympic athlete Carol…
August 4, 2014 News by Patricia Silva, PhD UPDATE: Australian Authorities Warn About Unapproved MS Stem Cell Treatments After Death in Russia Australian authorities are alerting Multiple Sclerosis patients to the risk of unproven stem cell treatments that are being performed both in the country and overseas, after the recent death of a woman in Russia undergoing a controversial treatment for the disease. The continued marketing campaigns to…