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2024
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24)
March 6, 2024
Research Highlights:
- CDMRP Funds Research to Support Service Members and Veterans with Multiple Sclerosis
- Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist as New Therapeutics for Multiple Sclerosis
News:
- Human stem cell models point to glia as key players in multiple sclerosis (external link)
EurekAlert, August 29, 2024 - Accelerated Cure Project & iConquerMS to Launch the Largest-Ever Study of a Novel Therapy to Treat Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis (external link)
PR Newswire, May 29, 2024
2023
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23)
March 3, 2023
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- “Tipping the Balance” of Immune Cells From Bad to Good Reverses Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms in Mice (external link)
Johns Hopkins Medicine, June 23, 2023
2022
Press Releases:
- CDMRP-Funded Research Leads to FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for MS Blood Biomarker Test
May 13, 2022 - Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22)
March 9, 2022
Research Highlights:
- Fitness Trackers and Smartphones Used to Predict Behavior Changes in People with Multiple Sclerosis During the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Mandate
- Physical Telerehabilitation Program for Multiple Sclerosis Patients Improves Patients’ Quality of Life
News:
- UAB investigators receive $3.9 million Department of Defense grant to study interventions for those with multiple sclerosis (external link)
UAB News, June 8, 2022 - Blood Biomarker Test Granted Breakthrough Device Status by FDA (external link)
Multiple Sclerosis News Today, May 5, 2022 - New Study Confirms the High Costs of MS to Individuals and the U.S. Economy (external link)
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, April 27, 2022
2021
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21)
March 17, 2021
Research Highlights:
- Reduced Disease Severity Following Novel Angiotensin 1-7 Treatment in MS Mouse Model
- Imaging Measures Reflect Cognitive Changes Over Time in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
- Exercise Training, Metabolic Changes, and Symptoms in People with MS
- Exploring Remyelination in MS: Myelin, Metformin, and Mitochondria
2020
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20)
February 21, 2020
Research Highlights:
- Acceleration of Oligodendrocyte Maturation and Functional Remyelination in an MS Model Following Flavonoid Treatment
- The Role of Protein Deimination in Restoring Visual Function in MS Patients
- Differential Association of Age and Serum Neurofilament Light Chain in MS Patients
- Online Toolkit to Assist with Self-Management of MS Symptoms
2019
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19)
February 27, 2019
Research Highlights:
- Tap Your Feet to Track Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Disease Progression in MS
- Sensory-Motor and Cognitive-Motor Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis: A Mobile Brain-Body Imaging Investigation
- Using Reprogrammed Stem Cells as a Therapy for MS
News:
- A metabolic perspective on CSF-mediated neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (external link)
BRAIN - A Journal of Neurology, September 5, 2019 - Running Against Multiple Sclerosis (external link)
Highmark Health, August 7, 2019 - Differences in MS patients' cerebrospinal fluid may be key to drugs that halt progression (external link)
Neuroscience News, July 23, 2019 - Gut immune cells cut inflammation in multiple sclerosis (external link)
University of California San Francisco, February 5, 2019
2018
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) January 31, 2018
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News:
- Pittsburgh marathoner finds 'magic' freedom from multiple sclerosis through running (external link)
Trib Media Live, June 20, 2018
2017
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2017 January 26, 2017
Research Highlights:
- Developing a Promising New Target in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
- Using Advanced MRI Tools to Develop Novel Assessments of Cognition in MS Patients
News:
- Gut Microbes May Influence Multiple Sclerosis Progression
UC San Francisco, September 22, 2017 -
MSRP Consumer Peer Reviewer John Platt sets personal record in Boston Marathon (external link)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 28, 2017
2016
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2016 Feburary 18, 2016
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How Hitting the Reply Button Made Me An MS Advocate (external link)
Everyday Health, January 7, 2016
2015
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2015 March 16, 2015
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2014
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2014 March 7, 2014
Research Highlights:
- Determination of the Role of Sulfatides in Remyelination and Disease Progression of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Inhibition of PH20 Hyaluronidase May Effectively Promote Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions
News:
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Imaging Technique Shows Brain Anatomy Change in Women with Multiple Sclerosis, Depression (external link)
Cedars-Sinai, February 9, 2014
2013
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2013 April 16, 2013
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2012
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2012 February 24, 2012
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2011
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2010
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- Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2010 January 4, 2010
2009
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Last updated Tuesday, October 8, 2024