Meet the Researcher: Dr Eleanor Dunlop

MS Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that empowers researchers to identify ways to treat, prevent and cure multiple sclerosis (MS), seeks sustained and systemic policy change via advocacy, and acts as the champion for Australia’s community of people affected by MS.

MS Australia is the largest Australian not-for-profit organisation dedicated to funding, coordinating, educating and advocating for MS research as part of the worldwide effort to solve MS.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults, often diagnosed between the ages of 20 to 40 and affects three times more women than men. As yet, there is no cure. MS is the result of damage to myelin -- a protective sheath surrounding nerve fibres of the central nervous system. When myelin is damaged, this interferes with messages between the brain and other parts of the body. The symptoms of MS are different for each person; sometimes they even vary within the same person. For some, MS is characterised by periods of relapse and remission, while for others it has a progressive pattern. For everyone, it makes life unpredictable.