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With 500,000 euros, the Fondation Charcot Stichting provides the essential resources for 10 teams of experienced researchers in neurology, neuroimmunology, neurobiology and rehabilitation sciences to ensure innovative and concrete advances in multiple sclerosis research.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects 12,000 people in our country. Anne Vandamme is one of them. An inspiring conversation with a patient for whom the glass is always half full, never half empty.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that affects over two million people worldwide. Patients may suffer from a wide range of disabling complaints which are not always easy to treat. Although cannabis is best known as a psychoactive recreational drug, it is also increasingly associated with a variety of positive medical effects.

Multiple sclerosis is the commonest neurological disease affecting young adults. In patients under 30, treatment needs to be adjusted accordingly.

There are many ways to support research: at a wedding, a birthday, a neighbor's day, a BBQ, by being sponsored during a run or a walk.

Ideally, physical activity should be started as soon as the disease is diagnosed and continued uninterrupted.

It is currently difficult for a patient to accept that their form of multiple sclerosis does not yet have a satisfactory curative response. However, current MS research offers real prospects for the future. Proof of this are the numerous treatments that were not available twenty years ago.

Vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency is common in the regions of northern Europe, since 90% of this vitamin D is formed in the skin under the effect of the sun's ultraviolet rays.

There are many ways to support research: at a wedding, a birthday, a neighbor's day, a BBQ, by being sponsored during a run or a walk. It's up to you to play: our “Action” platform awaits you here.

There are many ways to support research: on the occasion of a wedding, a birthday, a neighbors' party, a BBQ, being sponsored during a race or a walk. It's all up to you: our "Action" platform is waiting for you here.

Our 104 runners participated this Sunday in the 20Km of Bxl for the Charcot Foundation and research in multiple sclerosis. More than 14,000 euros have already been collected. Your donation is always welcome.

The two major research pathways that could change the future of people with multiple sclerosis, confirm themselves and a life where MS becomes a treatable and controllable condition comes a step closer.