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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

'Urgent need': More than $1 million for MS research at HMRI in global effort

Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott, of HMRI, is researching ways to stop the progression of multiple sclerosis. Picture by Simone De Peak

A Newcastle researcher has been awarded more than $1.1 million for a project aimed at stopping progression of multiple sclerosis.

About 1500 people in the Hunter Region live with the disease, which involves the immune system mistakenly attacking the brain and spinal cord.

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