UK MS Register

17/11/2025

This morning the UK MS Register team are hosting a Data Workshop at our offices in Swansea University. Here's project PI Dr Rod Middleton giving a brief overview of the Register, and explaining to our students how we use MS patient data for research.

We will be running more events like this next year, so if you are interested in learning techniques for using big data for research, please get in touch: researcher@ukmsregister.org

12/11/2025

We are very much looking forward to attending this MS Information day in Wrexham later this month 😊

It looks like a great opportunity to hear about the support on offer from the MS Society and learn about the latest MS research. Register below to reserve your spot 🧡

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ms-information-day-wrexham-flintshire-friday-28th-november-2025-tickets-1635260300579

31/10/2025

We have a number of new blogs available on our website 📣

In our most recent post we hear from Professor Klaus Schmierer at Queen Mary University of London about the AttackMS trial which has recently reopened.

This trial is the first study to treat individuals with suspected MS at the first demyelinating event. Read more here 👇

A UK clinical trial is testing whether rapid treatment with a highly effective multiple sclerosis (MS) drug (within just two weeks of the first presentation) could change the course of the disease. The AttackMS trial, led by Professor Klaus Schmierer at Queen Mary University of London, is the first....

24/10/2025

24/10/2025

The UK MS Register team are finishing the week on a high at the MS Society Cymru Living Well Day in Cardiff! 🎉

The event has had a fantastic turnout with more than 70 people here so far. Talks today cover everything from MS research, diet, financial support and mental health.

Thanks to the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and the MS Society UK for hosting this brilliant event 🙌

21/10/2025

The MS Society UK 2026 grant rounds are now open for applications! 📣

Researchers can choose to apply for a range of awards including Catalyst, Project, Career Development and Data Discovery Awards 🏆

The MS Society is the largest charitable funder of MS research in the UK. The UK MS Register can be used by researchers applying for any of these Awards. If you want to learn more, or know of an MS researcher who is looking for funding then visit the MS Society website:

We're the largest charitable funder of MS research in the UK. Find out more about our application and review process.

26/09/2025

📣 Today we’re at ECTRIMS Patient Day in Barcelona! The Register are proud to be a supporting partners of this important event, which brings people affected by MS together with researchers, clinicians, and organisations from across the world 🌍

We’re here to listen, share, and connect — and to keep championing the role of real-world data and the MS community in shaping the future of research. If you're attending, come and say hi! 👋

26/09/2025

In case you missed it, the UK MS Register has been part of the 2025 conference in Barcelona this week 🇪🇸

Our team has been busy presenting research through posters, ePosters, and talks, helping to highlight the importance of real-world data and the voices of people living with MS.

A huge thank you to everyone who takes part in the UK MS Register – none of this would be possible without you. Your contributions are helping move MS research forward and making a real difference.

25/09/2025

We've had an incredibly busy and inspiring few days as exhibitors at the ECTRIMS 2025 conference in Barcelona! 🇪🇸🌍

The UK MS Register team has been working hard to share the important role your data plays in MS research. From chatting with researchers and clinicians from around the world, to showing how your experiences are helping shape better care and understanding of MS – it's been non-stop!

Thank you to everyone who continues to take part in the Register – none of this would be possible without you. 💙

17/09/2025

We’re looking for Elected Trustees to join the MS Society Board.

We’re keen to broaden the experience and thinking on our Board. We welcome applications from anyone who can bring fresh perspectives. And if you have lived experience of MS, particularly of more advanced MS, your insight would be invaluable.

You don’t need to have been on a Board before. We’ll share the interview questions in advance. And our recruitment team welcomes you to contact them about the role before applying. If you are appointed, we'll support you with a comprehensive induction. And you’ll be paired up with an experienced Trustee buddy. They’ll help you learn how things work in the boardroom.

Find out more: https://mssoc.uk/46Ghsly

16/09/2025

🎉 We're exhibiting at in Barcelona, 24th - 26th September!

If you are visiting please come and say hello 👋 Whether you're a researcher, clinician, or part of the MS community, we’d love to talk MS research.

📍 Stand N14, NPO Village
📅 ECTRIMS Congress, Barcelona
🔍 Let’s connect and make sense of MS!

15/09/2025

Could a citrus extract improve Cognition and Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?

A team from Swansea University are conducting research on the effects of citrus extract supplementation on cognition and fatigue in people diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS).

If you have RRMS and would like to register your interest to take part in this study please follow this link: https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/96F5A07C-108E-4576-B01B-86F6FC57A6EA