News
News
Find out about what's been happening at the Clinic.
Clinic hosts MS-SMART unblinding event
Feb 2019: On Saturday 9th February, the Clinic hosted an ‘unblinding event’ for people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) who took part in the MS-SMART drugs trial.
Prestigious funding success for three Rowling Fellows
Feb 2019: Congratulations to three Rowling Fellows: David Breen, Liz Elliott and Rickie Patani (left to right in photo), who have all obtained prestigious fellowship funding to enable them to continue and expand their research.
New research: brain cell differences in people with MS
Jan 2019: Our researchers have published findings using brain bank samples showing important differences in brain cells called oligodendrocytes in people with and without MS.
Welcome to our new website!
Dec 2018: We’re excited to launch our new website.
Fantastic Fundraisers
Dec 2018: It has been an award-winning year for fundraising in aid of the Anne Rowling Clinic. Together our fantastic fundraisers have raised over £61,000 in support of our vital research work.
New faces around the Clinic
Dec 2018: We’d like to introduce you to some of the people that have recently joined the Clinic staff team.
MS SMART - First '3 in 1' MS trial completed
Oct 2018: Researchers have completed the MS-SMART clinical trial on multiple sclerosis (MS) in which 3 different drugs were tested at the same time instead of 1 by 1 by 1 - a world first in progressive neurological disease research.
Sarah McGlasson wins Scopus Early Career Researcher Award
Oct 2018: Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Sarah McGlasson, who has won the Elsevier / US-UK Fulbright Commission 2018 UK Early Career Researcher Award in Medicine.
MS-STAT2 clinical drug trial open for recruitment
Aug 2018: MS-STAT2 is a UK-wide phase 3 clinical drug trial which will test simvastatin, a drug used to lower cholesterol, in people with secondary progressive MS (SPMS).
Summer 2018 e-newsletter
June 2018: The latest edition of our e-newsletter is now available.
Speak:Unique on the road: a Scottish island-hopping adventure!
June 2018: The Speak:Unique team has been on the road, recording voices in the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.
Medical Research Foundation's first Emerging Leaders Prize
Apr 2018: Dr David Hunt, a consultant at the Anne Rowling Clinic, has won first prize in the Medical Research Foundation's Emerging Leaders Prize.
New Parkinson's disease research initiative
Apr 2018: A major Parkinson's disease research programme between Dundee and Edinburgh, which was launched last week, has the support of Dolly the Sheep scientist Prof Sir Ian Wilmut.
Research Open Evening: 12th April 2018
Mar 2018: Meet researchers at our drop-in open evening next month.