WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015 ❚ SIUSLAW NEWS
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Together, We Are Stronger Than MS
Make Your Connection Count To End Multiple Sclerosis Forever
Actor Shemar Moore participates in Bike MS in
honor of his mom, Marilyn Wilson-Moore, who
has MS.
holistic, tapping into the expertise of scientific advisers
who identify gaps and opportunities, and the MS com-
munity who provide topics that matter most to them.
Key research priorities are progressive MS, nervous sys-
tem repair, wellness, and genetics and environmental
risk factors for MS.
Progressive MS: The Society is focusing on the next
frontier in MS research, finding solutions for people
experiencing worsening disability that characterizes pro-
gressive MS, for whom there are few treatment options.
The Society led an international effort culminating in
the creation of the International Progressive MS
Alliance, a growing global initiative to end progressive
MS, which is already funding 22 research grants across
nine countries as part of an ambitious program to allo-
cate at least $30 million over the next six years to find
solutions for progressive MS. The Society is also invest-
ing in strategies to protect the nervous system from
injury, and in advanced imaging techniques and other
biomarkers to track progression and the success of ther-
apies.
Nervous system repair, recovery and wellness:
Repairing myelin may represent the best strategy for
protecting nerve fibers from injury and improving func-
tion for people with MS. Thanks in part to the Society’s
pioneer funding, potential cell therapies and myelin
repair strategies are now approaching or already in clin-
ical trials. Recovery can take other forms, and the
Society is supporting more than 30 studies of new exer-
cise, rehabilitation and other nonpharmaceutical pro-
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grams to address symptoms and restore function. It also
recently launched a Wellness Initiative and is formulat-
ing priorities to drive research and programs aimed at
helping people with MS live their best lives.
Genes/Environmental Risk Factors: Researchers are
starting to drill down into how genes and the environ-
ment interact to cause MS and possibly to influence the
course of the disease. This area is ripe for additional
efforts and could lead directly to new therapeutic targets
for treating the disease and also eventually for prevent-
ing MS.
This remarkable progress being made in under-
standing and treating MS is propelled by people like
you who combine their efforts, knowledge and hope to
create connections that can become more powerful than
the connections MS destroys.
You can make meaningful connections at
www.nationalMSsociety.org, where you will find expert
MS information, connect and share with others, down-
load tools to spread MS awareness, or register for
Society events. Whether you volunteer, bike, walk,
advocate or support, every connection you create unites
you with people around the world in the MS movement
and moves us closer to a world free of MS.
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(NAPSA)-Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic,
unpredictable disease of the central nervous system. MS
destroys connections, divides minds from bodies, pulls
people from their lives and away from one another.
Therefore, it’s only fitting that connections would be its
greatest enemy. Connections help individuals address
the challenges of MS and move their lives forward.
Connections break down barriers around the world and
help researchers pursue the best science to stop MS,
restore function lost and end MS forever.
Such connections have helped move MS in just two
decades from being an untreatable disease to one for
which there are at least 12 disease-modifying treatment
options for relapsing MS, the most common form of
MS. Such connections also unite nearly 100 nations
around the globe each May for World MS Day to raise
awareness about how MS affects the lives of more than
2.3 million people.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a driving
force in this effort to connect everyone committed to
creating a world free of MS, devoting more than $52
million to support 380 research projects internationally
while providing services to more than 1 million people
annually.
Science is moving at an incredible pace. The
approach to research needs to be open, flexible and