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VIDEOS
Why I signed
Interview with Ian Ballard
Source: MSRA YouTube Channel Posted: July 09
Why I signed
Interview with Sarah Ross-Smith, a Brain Bank supporter
Source: MSRA YouTube Channel Posted: July 09
Why we signed
Interview with MSRA Brain Bank supporters
Source: MSRA YouTube Channel Posted: July 09
MSRA Brain Bank
Why we think it is a great initiative
Source: MSRA YouTube Channel Posted: July 09
Neurobiology Research Platform via MS Research Australia Brain Bank
Interview with Professor Simon Hawke, Director MS Brain Bank
Source: MSRA YouTube Channel Posted: Dec 08
Why Australia needs an MS Brain Bank
Interview with Dr Toby Merson, Jeremy Wright and Prof Simon Hawke
Source: MSRA YouTube Channel Posted: Dec 08
MS Brain Bank provides hope for a cure
The MSRA Brain Bank on The 7.30 Report
Scientists are hopeful that Australia's first MS Brain Bank will aid them in finding out more about the debilitating disease. Reporter: Sharon O'Neill.
Web Link: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s2278949.htm
Source: The 7.30 Report Posted: 18 Jun 08
RENEWED HOPE FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SUFFERERS
NSW Government will invest half a million dollars to establish Australia’s first ‘brain bank’ specifically dedicated to collecting and storing brain tissues for use by scientists researching a cure for multiple sclerosis (MS). [Read more here]
Source: Media Statement NSW Government's Office for Science and Medical Research 22 Aug 08
Brain donors offer hope
A man who died of multiple sclerosis has become the first person to donate a brain to Australia's new MS brain bank. [Read more here]
Source: Sun-Herald 1 Jun 08
Brain bank lends hope to MS patients
The goal of finding a cure for multiple sclerosis (MS) has moved one step closer with the opening of the first dedicated brain tissue bank for the disease. [Read more here]
Source: ABCNews 6 Feb 08
Tissue bank puts a stop to brain drain
FOR the first time in Australia, researchers will no longer have to rely on brain tissue flown from Britain to try to find a better treatment and hopefully a cure for multiple sclerosis. [Read more here]
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald 6 Feb 08
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST MS BRAIN BANK OPENS IN SYDNEY
Australia's first multiple sclerosis (MS) brain bank opened in Sydney in February 2008. Giving hope to the thousands of MS sufferers in Australia, the facility will collect and store donated tissue samples taken from the brains or spinal cords of deceased MS sufferers for use by scientists around the world to research a cure for MS. [Read more here]
Source: Media Statement NSW Government's Office for Science and Medical Research 5 Feb 08
Brain bank a 'big boost' in MS research
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are being asked to consider donating their organs to a new research facility being launched at the University of Sydney today. [Read more here]
Source: ABCNews 5 Feb 08
Brain bank to aid in treating MS
SCIENTISTS are bringing together the country's best brains to work out new and better treatments for multiple sclerosis.[Read more here]
Source: The Australian 5 Feb 08
More brains needed to beat MS
Researchers believe the MS Brain Bank, a new facility based at the University of Sydney for the collection of brain tissue, could significantly advance our understanding of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). [Read more here]
Source: The University of Sydney 5 Feb 08