A study in Qatar for multiple sclerosis innovation awarded competitive overseas funding
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Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced recipients of the fourth annual Grant for Multiple Sclerosis Innovation (GMSI) during a symposium at the 32nd Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) in London.
This year, 260 proposals from 45 countries were submitted, representing innovative research projects taking place across the globe. Four research teams from the United Kingdom, Spain, Canada,Israel, Germany and Qatar were selected to share in the €1 million grant to support their research:
- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis of plasma; a novel, highly sensitive method for monitoring the development and predicting progression in multiple sclerosis: Professor Daniel Anthony, Department of Pharmacology,University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
- Raman Spectroscopy in Multiple Sclerosis: Dr. Elena Martinez de Lapiscina, IDIBAPS-Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
- Cell-type specific methylation patterns in circulating DNA: Towards the clinical application of an innovative blood-based biomarker for oligodendrocyte and neuronal damage in multiple sclerosis: Professor Yuval Dor, Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Jerusalem, Israel; Dr. Adi Vaknin, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem, Israel; and Dr. Klemens Ruprecht, Department of Neurology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
- Corneal Confocal Microscopy: A Rapid Non-invasive Surrogate Endpoint for Axonal Loss and Repair in Multiple Sclerosis:Professor Rayaz Malik and Dr. Ioannis Petropolous, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar of Cornell University, Qatar Foundation, Education City, Doha, Qatar.