Welcome to cureMSnow!, a nonprofit, IRC 501(c)(3) research fund dedicated to finding the cause and developing the cure for multiple sclerosis (MS). cureMSnow! is a 100% volunteer organization established to support exciting research aimed at curing MS. cureMSnow! is currently supporting the work of Dr. Claude Genain at UCSF (University of California San Francisco). cureMSnow! gives over 90% of collected donations directly to the targeted research, limiting ancillary costs to the strict minimum necessary for fundraising operations.

Dr. Claude Genain, M.D., and his team of scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), are prominent worldwide experts in MS research and are driving the field in the race for a treatment and ultimate cure for MS. Dr. Genain has developed a comprehensive research plan, aimed at Understanding the causes of MS, Developing profiling strategies to safely treat patients, Stopping the progression of the disease, and Repairing its damage, facets of which are already in clinical trials.

Dr. Genain is a physician scientist, which means that he is an expert at directly translating the discoveries at the bench to the clinics and crafting “ready-to-go” novel treatments for implementation into clinical trials by neurologists. Dr. Genain's research has earned widespread credibility as attested by funding grants from the National Institute of Health, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the DANA Foundation. However, funding budgets from these institutions are, unavoidably, constrained by current economical restrictions, leaving very limited resources for the maturation and implementation of groundbreaking research. Dr. Genain’s team work of the past 10 years has produced fundamental conceptual advances in MS that are now ready to reach to the patient. While the spring-coil is set and the payload ready, speedy delivery is impaired by the lack of a launching pad and fuel engines powerful enough to make it an immediate reality. With your support the time to bring these therapies from the conception to reality can be halved, and the healing can soon begin for MS sufferers!

Within the cureMSnow! website you will find a summary of Dr. Genain’s research, the current state of funding, and the amount of sustained funding necessary to accelerate the research with the realistic goal of moving the experimental studies into further clinical trials for patients. This proposal offers new perspectives in MS research, and tremendous hope for progress in understanding MS, testing new therapies, and finding the ultimate preventative cure for this scourge.

Thank you for your time and attention to this extremely important humanitarian goal. We are enthusiastic and optimistic about the work that has been accomplished but there is still a lot to be done and an urgent need to take the research forward as quickly as possible. We hope you will join us in this crucial mission to find and develop the Cure for MS Now!

Sincerely,

CureMSnow!
Catherine Dennes Akay, President