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Written on 03 September 2019.

Why be a Charity Trustee

Our trustees are an integral part of MS Research. They all have personal experience of MS and they very kindly share with us their time, experience and skills in order to steer the charity in the right direction ensuring that we are able to achieve our aims of furthering our understanding of MS, developing better treatments and working towards finding an eventual cure.

We asked four members of our board for their thoughts on why they think being a Trustee for MS Research is important:

Written on 03 September 2019.

new drugs for Relapsing Remitting MS - A comment on benefits and risks

In an article on Multiple Sclerosis News Today Ed Tobias, who has MS, discusses news items on the increasing awareness of possible risks associated with some of the new MS Disease Modifying Drugs (DMDs).

He writes: “…all disease-modifying treatments have the possibility of side effects, and some are more serious than others. We who use the treatments should always be doing so with our eyes wide open and fully informed of the risks.”

Written on 03 September 2019.

The two Bobs take to the Devon coast once more for MS Research

When most of us are taking it easy Exmouth resident Bob Baker and his friend Bob Richards will be dusting off their hiking boots once again and taking on their annual 14-mile New Year’s Day charity trek from Sidmouth to Exmouth to raise funds for MS Research on the 1st January 2019.

Written on 03 September 2019.

MS Research - funding education

Earlier this year Sona Mistry, a final year medical student at the University of Sheffield, presented her research on Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT) for people with relapse-remitting MS at the American Academy of Neurology 70th Annual Meeting, the world’s largest gathering of neurologists. The trip was funded by MS Research as we strongly believe that educational development and information sharing is vital to further our understanding of MS.

Written on 03 September 2019.

Meet our new community fundraiser

Meet Our New Community Fundraiser

MS Research would like to introduce James Cox, our new Community Fundraiser! “Hello, I’m James, I am here to help all of MS Research’s amazing fundraisers in any way I can and would love to hear from you. Please feel free to get in touch with me either on 0117 9563986 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..