Blog

Listen Up! Sunday, February 24 at 6 am:

MSRI Board Member Ernie Alvino and former Philadelphia Flyer, Hall of Famer, Brian Propp discuss our March 10 celebrity hockey game on Philadelphia Agenda with Brad Segal.

You can listen on 101.1 FM (B101) FM, 98.1 FM (WOGL) or 96.5 FM (WTDY)

https://wogl.radio.com/media/audio-channel/2019-02-24-philaagenda-ms-research-institute

Thank you for helping to Find, Stop, and Cure MS!

December 14, 2018

Dear Supporter,

As we approach the end of the year I would like to thank you for your ongoing support. This has enabled usto continue work at full speed in the laboratory.

Read More

The immune system has an inherent contradiction in the way it functions – the major role of the immune system is to fight off the invasion of our bodies by bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites; but in order to accomplish this, immune cells need to recognize our own tissues so that they can determine what is foreign when we have an infection.

Read More

Jeffrey I. Greenstein, M.D.
President, MSRI

August 20, 2018

Dear Friend and Supporter

I am pleased to share with you some of the groundbreaking discoveries made at MSRI over the last few months due to your generous support.

Read More

2018 May 30. doi: 10.1089/rej.2017.2049

Abstract

Proteostasis, which includes the repair and disposal of misfolded proteins, depends, in part, on the activity of heat shock proteins (HSPs), a well-known class of chaperone molecules. When this process fails, abnormally folded proteins may accumulate in cells, tissues, and blood. These species are a hallmark of protein aggregation diseases, but also amass during aging, often in the absence of an identified clinical disorder.

Read More

FIND, STOP, CURE MS