In the next few years, the renamed National Multiple Sclerosis Society awarded grants to scientists in 17 countries in all fields of medicine, pushing forward research that ranged from description to diagnosis and from finding a cause to searching for a cure.

Recipients of early National MS Society grants included Dr. Jonas Salk for studies on the immunology of MS and Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, who later won the Nobel Prize for describing proteins that help nerve cells grow and stay healthy.

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