Proposed 2013 revisions of the 1996 classification of MS types

[stillstANNding]

Gabriella,

There is a family here of adult sons (or mostly sons) who lost one parent to MS and one to Alzheimer's disease. They raise money and fund research on the cause of these diseases. And I can't remember their family name.
ANN

[agate]

Gabriella,

There is a family here of adult sons (or mostly sons) who lost one parent to MS and one to Alzheimer's disease. They raise money and fund research on the cause of these diseases. And I can't remember their family name.
ANN

ANN, might that fund-raising effort be this?

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[stillstANNding]

Yes, it is the 7 McCourt brothers. They have educational events in the Boston area.

I do see on the home page that the do receive money from sponsers and some of those look like drug companies.

[Gabriella7]

Thanks Ann for the information about the foundation the McCourt family has established to raise money for research. It appears all these neurological diseases have a familial or environmental link in some families. In my family....my Mother died of Alzheimer's, I have MS, my youngest son was diagnosed with Parkinson's at age 35 and my husband died last year of ALS.

I have given some thought to starting a foundation to raise funds for all of these diseases as there has got to be a link of some sort. I have Dr. Howard Weiner's book "MS Cure" and appreciate all the research he has done over these many years.

I hope we see a "cure" in our lifetime.

Blessings,
Gabriella