Paul Jackson, Group Chief Executive, The Hospital Saturday Fund, with Neil Burns, Senior Philanthropy Officer University Programmes, and Emily Humble, Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh.
Inspiring Progress: The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic is a charitable University of Edinburgh research facility focusing on a wide range of neurological conditions, especially neurodegenerative diseases.
J.K. Rowling’s mother, Anne Rowling, passed away in 1990 due to multiple sclerosis complications. In 2010, J.K. Rowling donated £10 million to the University of Edinburgh to establish a clinic in her mother’s honour.
Neurological diseases represent one of the major public health threats in the industrialised world. These diseases include multiple sclerosis (MS), motor neurone disease (MND or ALS), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and movement disorders, cognitive disorders and dementias, brain haemorrhage after stroke, and Huntington’s disease (HD).
Innovative Care: Breakthroughs in Neurodegenerative Therapies
The Anne Rowling Regenerative Clinic aims to improve patients’ lives through research: translating laboratory findings into clinical trials and ultimately, new therapies. The Clinic provides out-patient care for people with neurological conditions who have been referred by their GP or neurologist.
All clinical activity is carried out in collaboration with the NHS. It’s important to know that patients who receive treatment at the Anne Rowling Clinic have the opportunity to participate in research projects and clinical trials if they choose to do so.
The focus of the research is on finding treatments that can help slow down the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, with the ultimate goal of repairing the damage, which is also known as Regenerative Neurology.
Advancing Research: The £10,000 Grant
The Hospital Saturday Fund were proud to present a large grant of £10,000 to the University of Edinburgh. With this grant the clinic will be able to purchase a state-of-the-art force platform to facilitate more extensive studies of balance and mobility in those with medical conditions.
In the long term The Hospital Saturday Fund believes that this research will ultimately help people suffering from these conditions.
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