April 11, 2017 News by Joana Fernandes, PhD Kentucky Student Whose Mom Has MS to Cycle Across US with Other Fund-raisers Caleb Taylor, a second-year University of KentuckyĀ Law School student, has chosen a challenging way to raise awareness and raise funds for multiple sclerosis, a disease that changed his family’s life forever when it struck his mother. Taylor will pedal across America as part of the Bike the US for…
February 20, 2017 News by Charles Moore #ACTRIMS2017 – Forum for MS Research and Treatment Opens Feb. 23 in Orlando The second annual Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS), aĀ forumĀ for clinicians, researchers and other MS specialists to network and discussĀ theĀ Ā latest advances in MS research and treatment is set forĀ Feb. 23ā25. This year’s meeting takes placeĀ at theĀ Omni ChampionsGateĀ resort hotel in Orlando, Florida.Ā Multiple Sclerosis News…
December 20, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD MS Researcher, Ari Waisman, Honored with Sobek Prize for Groundbreaking Work into Inflammation Ari Waisman, a multiple sclerosis (MS)Ā researcher credited with having made major contributionsĀ to “the successful development of modern anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory therapies,” was recently honoredĀ by theĀ Sobek Foundation. The author of over 170 scientific articles on MS, Waisman is theĀ director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine at the University Medical Center…
December 9, 2016 Columns by Ed Tobias Volunteers Needed to Make MS Research Project Meaningful Have you ever wondered how your MS experience compares with others? Your ability to go out and do things? The therapies you’ve used? Your symptoms? Your age and ethnic background? Researchers from the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis have been collecting this kind information for nearly two years…
September 28, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD McGill Scientist to Use $6.1M PMSA Award to Search for Markers of Change in Progressive MS In its effort to end progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), the International Progressive MS Alliance (PMSA) has awarded a $6.1 million grant to fund a research project led by Dr. Douglas Arnold with the Montreal Neurological Institute Hospital (MNI) at McGill University. The multiyear grant is one of three…
September 1, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD 900 Cyclists Raise Nearly $1.2M for Multiple Sclerosis in Quebec Fundraiser More than 900 peopleĀ biked through the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, late last month,Ā raising money for theĀ Quebec Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society ofĀ CanadaĀ (MSSC) and awareness forĀ multiple sclerosis (MS)Ā all-around. The 27thĀ Medavie Blue Cross MS Bike,Ā Ā the largest cycling-related fundraising event in North America, was an outstanding success āĀ Ā surpassing…
August 15, 2016 Columns by Laura Kolaczkowski REAL MS Research Needs You You want to help find answers about multiple sclerosis but donāt know how, and I hear your frustration about being unable to contribute in meaningful ways. Let me share with you the news that REAL MS (Research Engagement About Life with MS) was launched this summer, and I…
July 1, 2016 Columns by admin MS Patients Want Research to Focus on a Cure, Not Possible Causes As interesting as it can be for patients with MS who hear about work being done to find the causes of multiple sclerosis, what we really want to see is research that is carried out to find a cure. Nothing more, nothing less. Of course, the development of new treatments…
June 13, 2016 News by Charles Moore MS Association of America Offering Free and Newly Updated Resources to Patients The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA), a national nonprofit organization based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, announcedĀ the availability of three newly published resources for the multiple sclerosis (MS) community. These publications are available for free in both print and online editions at mymsaa.org, according toĀ aĀ press release. MSAA’s…
April 21, 2016 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc Mayo Clinic Neurologist, Creator of MS Lesion Tissue Bank, Receives 2016 John Dystel Prize for MS Research Dr. Claudia Lucchinetti, chair of the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic and the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Professor of Neurosciences, hasĀ received the 2016 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research, an honor jointly awarded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the American Academy of Neurology…
April 8, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD National MS Society Invests $25.3M to Support 60 New Research Projects, Train Clinicians TheĀ National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyĀ announced that it has investedĀ $25.3 million to support nearly 60 new research projects aiming to better understand and treatĀ multiple sclerosis (MS), and seven clinical training awards as part of its strategic approach to eventuallyĀ curingĀ MS. This investment is part of the Society’s plan to commit a…
March 11, 2016 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc MS Society Honors MS Awareness Week with New ‘Together We Are Stronger’ Campaign The National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyĀ launched a new awareness campaign for Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, which runs through March 13,Ā featuring the stories of people impacted by MS and a website with tips for overcoming daily disease challenges. The campaign,Ā āTogether We Are Stronger,ā also recognizes the progress made in MS research…
March 2, 2016 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc Therapeutic Target for Stabilizing Histamine, an Inflammatory Agent in MS, Identified in Fruit Fly Study Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, workingĀ in the fruit fly model,Ā identified an organic cation transporter, CarT (carcinine transporter), that is crucial to the recycling of histamine in the brain and the maintenance of healthy vision. Histamine is a neurotransmitter involved in chronic inflammation and pathogenesis in multiple…
February 10, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Long-term Multiple Sclerosis Study on Family and Environment May Help Predict Who Will Develop Disease A research team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) launched a study on people at risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a debilitating disease that affects more than 400,000 people in the United States and about…
February 5, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD MS Society Raised $25M to Fund New Research Through NOW Campaign The National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyĀ announced that its five-year campaign to raise $250 million hasĀ concluded with its goal fully achieved, allowing the society to launch more research intoĀ multiple sclerosisĀ (MS) and effect more life-changing progress than at any other time in its nearly 70-year history. A total 818 research projects…
November 17, 2015 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc ForuMS Gives MS Clinicians an Online Link to Latest Research ForuMS is a new interactive and online “journal club” whereĀ clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) patients or involved in researchĀ can discuss and analyze recent papers from top peer-reviewed journals covering the latest advances in disease diagnosis and management. The educational platform, sponsored by grants from Genzyme, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, and Medtronic, uses…
November 9, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD National Multiple Sclerosis Society Invests Over $21 Million to Fund New MS Research The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has dedicated overĀ $21 millionĀ to fund 78 new multiple sclerosis (MS) research studies as part of a broad research plan designed to addressĀ MS, re-establish Ā lost functioning caused by the disease in patients, and ultimately end the disease forever. This recentĀ round of investment into MS researchĀ is…