The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
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The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic was established in 2010 following a donation from renowned author J.K. Rowling.
The Clinic will place patients at the heart of research to improve outcomes for multiple sclerosis sufferers.
This will focus on patient-based studies to help find treatments that could slow progression of the disease, working towards the eventual aim of stopping and reversing it.
The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic is named after the Ms Rowling’s mother, who died of multiple sclerosis aged 45.
Work at the clinic will also provide insight into other degenerative neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and Motor Neurone Disease.
As with multiple sclerosis, these disorders are progressive and incurable.
J.K. Rowling shares her hopes for the Clinic:
I cannot think of anything more important, or of more lasting value, than to help the university attract world-class minds in the field of neuroregeneration, to build on its long and illustrious history of medical research and, ultimately, to seek a cure for a very Scottish disease.
If you would like to discuss supporting the Clinic, contact Chloe Kippen on +44 (0)131 650 2232, email chloe.kippen@ed.ac.uk