Research blog

Clara Stein is a PhD student at University College Dublin. She tells us how using our brain can help it adapt to MS.

MRI plays a vital role in how we diagnose and monitor MS. In fact, over 90% of people have their MS diagnosis confirmed by MRI.

Raghda is an MS researcher based at the University of Cambridge. She shares an insight into how lifestyle differences might be linked to MS prevalence in the UK and the Middle East.

Our biennial conference MS Frontiers 2024 is a place for researchers to share ongoing work. We caught up with six of our PhD students there to talk about their projects.

Heat and MS expert Associate Professor Davide Filingeri helps us understand what happens inside the body when the temperature changes. How is it possible that hot and cold can both affect multiple sclerosis symptoms? What works for keeping cool?

In 2024, our biennial conference for researchers MS Frontiers hosted a debate about artificial intelligence and MS.

In July, nearly 200 researchers from the UK and across the world gathered in Liverpool to discuss the latest developments in MS research at our MS Frontiers conference. We’ve picked out some of the hot topics we heard about at the conference.

Member of the Board of Trustees, Bayan Mohajeri, attended our biennial conference MS Frontiers in 2024. We caught up with him about his experience and his hopes for future research.

On 6 June, Professor Thóra Káradóttir gave our ninth Stop MS Annual Lecture. Thóra is co-lead of our MS Society Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair. Here are just some of the things we learned in her lecture.

Following the news of his recent progressive MS study, we met with researcher and neurologist Professor Ian Galea to find out more. He talks about infection, inflammation and MS progression.

Researchers are getting ready for MS Frontiers 2024. It’s the UK's largest biennial conference for MS research professionals. We caught up with Dr Emma Tallantyre and Dr Yvonne Dombrowski, who've been helping to organise the conference, to find out why this is exciting for the community.

Researchers are working on a new treatment programme to help people with MS who experience fatigue.

We want to make sure everyone has access to the treatment they need. That’s why we fund research into all stages of MS.

We spoke to Professor Gavin Giovannoni, consultant neurologist and researcher at Queen Mary University of London, about his research into ‘medical gaslighting’.

Octopus is our multi-arm, multi-stage trial for progressive MS. It’s designed to test treatments more efficiently than traditional trials.

Professor Marietta Van der Linden is a researcher at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. She told us about her recent research into an adapted sport called frame running, which could help people with MS who experience walking difficulties.

We spoke to five researchers to find out what they got up to with their Skills Development Award, which gives a boost to MS researchers early in their career.

Dr Cory Willis is a researcher at the University of Cambridge. He told us about his research into astrocytes and how studying these cells could help find new treatments for people with progressive MS.

Mollie McKeon is a PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge, where she researches the genetics of MS progression. Mollie’s mum Ceridwen Roberts lives with secondary progressive MS.

Dr Tarunya Arun is Consultant Neurologist at the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire. There, she’s the joint lead for the MS service and the Research Lead for neurology.