Health committee  Perhaps I could speak a bit about an international initiative that we have embarked on with five other MS societies worldwide. We recognized that there was a need to address the issue of progressive MS, which is the most debilitating form of MS. At the time, there were no drugs a

Health committee  That's a really good question. We as an organization really struggled during that time to understand what to do. Our scientific community very much indicated that this probably wasn't going to work. However, at the end of the day, we really had to do the science, to do the good s

Health committee  It's exactly those things that you just said. In fact, there are a lot of hypotheses looking at climate; that's vitamin D. Viruses like Epstein–Barr are heavily studied. For many of us that's known as the “kissing disease”, or mono. It's almost that what we're looking at is poten

Health committee  For this particular stem cell clinical trial that we funded, they saw in essentially a majority of the people a significant difference. They didn't have any more relapses. For this woman, who is actually situated here in Ottawa, she went from a wheelchair to now walking without a

Health committee  It is a very aggressive treatment, but it does work for a very small population.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Canada remains at the forefront of MS research around the world. Through generous contributions from donors, corporate sponsors, and fervent fundraisers, the MS Society of Canada has invested over $170 million in research since its inception in 1948. This investment has led to s