In 1950, in a bold move, the new Society persuaded Congress to establish a special section of the National Institutes of Health. With the birth of what is now called the National Institute for Neurologic Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the movement against MS gained one of its most essential partners. NINDS and the National MS Society—along with members of the International Federation of MS Societies, which was also founded by Sylvia Lawry in 1967—have supported virtually every major MS study from that day to this.

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Written by Loren A. Rolak, MD. Reproduced by permission from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, USA. © NMSS, 2003