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Stop MS Appeal

We’ve never been closer to stopping MS than we are today.

By 2025, we want to be in the final stages of testing treatments for everyone with MS. Treatments that slow or stop disability progression.

And after years of planning, we’re now getting ready to launch Octopus, our groundbreaking mega-trial for progressive MS.

But we can’t lose momentum.

We believe £100 million could take us to a future where no one has to worry about MS getting worse. And we need your help to get there.

Donate now to stop MS

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Introducing our mega-trial for progressive MS

Meet Octopus, our revolutionary multi-arm, multi-stage trial that will transform the way we test treatments for progressive MS.

Octopus is a smarter way of testing potential drugs. It will help us find treatments for everyone, faster, so we can finally stop MS. 

But we can only deliver it with your support.

Find out why Octopus is so groundbreaking

How your donation will help stop MS

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£30 could process one blood sample

One single blood sample could give researchers crucial information about genes and the immune system as they search for new treatments.

I want to donate £30
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£50 could pay for an hour on a microscope

Scientists use high powered microscopes to study cells and tissue in greater detail and improve their understanding of the biology of MS.

I want to donate £50
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£100 could pay for half an hour of MRI use

MRI scanning is a crucial technique used to monitor the success of clinical trials and understand MS in more detail.

I want to donate £100
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The clinical trials helping to stop MS

To help people at every stage of MS, we need to stop MS from progressing.

Researchers are looking at three ways to do this.

And we’ve now reached the point where there are clinical trials in progress for all three. 

Read about the trials helping to stop MS

Find out more

What is MS?

What's happening in your body when you have MS?

Read about the science and learn about some of the possible causes of MS.

Find out more about MS

How we'll stop MS

Research breakthroughs have transformed our understanding of progression.

MS researchers have a three-step plan to stop MS.

Read our plan to stop MS

Get involved your way

By 2025, we want to be in the final stages of testing treatments for everyone with MS.

But we can only do it together. What will you do to help #StopMS?

Get involved your way
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Meet the people behind the trials

Clinical trials are about people. The people who run them and the people who take part in them.

In our new series we’ll be meeting the people who make them happen.

Meet some of the team finding out if a cholesterol drug can slow MS progression.

 

Read about the people behind MSSTAT-2

Read why Donna, Glyn and Charlotte want to stop MS