NUIG LECTURER LEADS MS RESEARCH

Date Published: 16-Jul-2007

A major international research project into the possible causes of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is being led by NUI Galway lecturer Dr. Thomas Barry, at the Department of Microbiology

The joint molecular and clinical exploration of mycoplasmas and other bacteria that may play key roles in triggering MS, is being funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society New York.

Neurology Professor Edward Hogan of NUI Galway and the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Augusta, Georgia, USA will also be involved in the research