Currently Fund Grants and Contracts
Molecular basis of Theiler's virus-induced demyelination
NIH RO1 NS21913 29-34.
7/1/06 to 6/30/10
This grant explores the role of TMEV co-receptors in viral patho-genesis and aims to isolate a TMEV protein entry receptor.
CNS damage from Theiler's virus persistence. Project IV. Role of virus-induced apoptosis in CNS persistence.
NIH PO1 NS23349 13-15
12/1/04 to 11/30/07
This grant identifies/characterizes the intrinsic signaling pathway(s) in macrophages that restrict TMEV infection and undergo apoptosis and the step(s) in the viral life cycle that are restricted in apoptotic macrophages.
Strategies to identify a viral cause of multiple sclerosis.
NIH RO1 NS32890 1-5.
7/1/02 to 6/30/07
This grant attempts to demonstrate a persistent CNS viral infection in MS by several different approaches, including donstructing and expressing MS CSF cDNA libraries in λgt-11 as ar way of detecting a virus in MS without prior knowledge of its nature.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has provided several pilot grants to provide feasibility studies for collaborative research projects.
The Ruth and Robert Wershkoff Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund
Our work is supported by the generous contributions of Dr. Lonnie and Susan Wershkoff Edelheit, who have established an MS research fund in honor of their parents, Ruth and Robert Wershkoff.