MS Research: What does the “cure” mean
to you?
For people living with multiple sclerosis
the “cure” means different things to different
people. For people who have just been diagnosed, the cure will
stop MS in its tracks. For people who have lived with MS and
have experienced loss of mobility and other serious impairments,
the cure means repair of the nervous system and recovery of
lost functions.
For people with a family history of MS,
the cure will allow their children or grandchildren to live
a life free from MS.
The research funded by the MS Society addresses all three definitions
of a cure. Research is multi-faceted but with clear purpose:
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to find a cure for MS,
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protect the nervous
system and repair damage caused by MS, and
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improve monitoring
and management
of the disease.
New support for MS researchers – and
the people they serve
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  For more information on the research effort supported by the
MS Society of Canada please see the publication Multiple Sclerosis Research: The Effort to End MS.
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On May 27, 2010, the MS Society of Canada hosted the annual MS Research Teleconference. This year, Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie discussed the latest in MS research including CCSVI and took questions from callers. |
Dr. Samuel K. Ludwin is one of Canada’s
leading researchers and world-renowned for his work on remyelination
and demyelination related to multiple sclerosis. When he speaks,
people listen.
“We have reached a unique time of
exciting opportunities in MS research. Now is the time for
Canada to chart a new course towards a cure for multiple sclerosis,” said
Dr. Ludwin, a researcher at Queen’s University and Kingston
General Hospital.
Dr. Ludwin has agreed to lead a new project
for the MS Society of Canada, one that will attract high quality
researchers to work in Canada on a cure for MS. The project
will also help to keep some of our brightest young scientific
minds engaged in multiple sclerosis research here, building
on the world-class success of researchers like Dr. Donald Paty,
Dr. Jack Antel and Dr. Jock Murray.
Dr. Ludwin also believes that success in
the lab must ultimately reach the person with MS. “It
is vitally important that research always be directed towards
the individual, whether the research is about lab science trying
to find the cause, cure and treatment of MS or whether it is
clinical or health research aimed at improving the prognosis
and quality of life for people with MS and their families.”
Summary of MS
research accomplishments during the past 10 years.
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