“Read, Support, Spread the Word”
March 17, 2014
The words “Repair—Regenerate—Renew” are music to the ears of us with Multiple Sclerosis. Every day we get a step closer to this goal, and I was asked to pass on the following information about Tisch MS Research Center’s Clinical Stem Cell Trial that is almost ready to launch. They are just shy of $200,000 and are asking for donations. That’s all that is needed to get started. Please read the following, help if you can, and spread the word:
New York, NY- March 17, 2014 – The Tisch MS Research Center of New York (Tisch MSRCNY) today announced that they have launched a dedicated campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for their FDA-Approved Phase I Clinical Stem Cell Trial.
The non-profit research center aims to raise $300K to be directly applied to the first twenty patients selected to participate in the clinical trial. “We are excited to embrace the online technology that is now available to us to help fund our mission,” stated Dr. Saud A. Sadiq, Chief Research Scientist at Tisch MSRCNY and the study’s principal investigator. He added, “The FDA’s approval in August 2013 of this treatment provides patients and their families with a realistic hope that reversal of the damage this disease has caused is possible.”
The groundbreaking study will investigate a regenerative strategy using stem cells harvested from the patient’s own bone marrow. These stem cells will be injected intrathecally (into the cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the spinal cord). This will be an open label safety and tolerability study. All study activities will be conducted at the Tisch MS Research Center and affiliated International Multiple Sclerosis Management (IMSMP).
“When it comes to a mission of this significance, we will leverage every means possible to secure funding,” said David Greenstein, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Tisch MSRCNY. “It was only natural to turn to the industry-leading capabilities and international reach of Indiegogo to help bootstrap the crowd sourcing needed to enable this important clinical trial.”
MS is a chronic human autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that leads to myelin damage and neurodegeneration. It affects approximately 2.3 million people worldwide.
To view the campaign and make a donation, http://bit.ly/1idZk2L
or visit: http://igg.me/p/696737
For more information on this study visit: www.tischms.org