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Organization has collected 500 blood and tissue samples for MS Research

(Waltham, MA July 16, 2007) The Accelerated Cure Project for MS, a national nonprofit organization, today announced that in they have reached the half way mark in their drive to collect blood samples and data from 1,000 subjects across the country. After reaching the 1,000 subject milestone, the Accelerated Cure Project intends to continue collecting samples from as many as 10,000 subjects for its MS Respository. The repository is projected to become the largest openly accessible, multi-disciplinary collection of bio-samples ever assembled for use in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

This is a major milestone for the Accelerated Cure Project, says Art Mellor, founder and CEO. Limited sample size is one of the most frequently cited reasons for inconclusive results in MS research. The repository lets us provide researchers with immediate access to a far greater number of samples than most scientists could collect themselves.

In addition to helping researchers overcome the obstacle of limited sample size, this repository will provide a common population of samples useful in a wide variety of disciplines, which will enable results from different research perspectives to be easily combined and correlated.

Subjects enrolled in the study will be followed over time to allow new samples to be taken and to record important changes in clinical status. Studying the same sample population over time, and pooling knowledge in a central database, is seen as a major step toward understanding what causes MS, thereby accelerating a cure for the nearly 2 million people worldwide afflicted with this disease.

About Accelerated Cure Project

Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis, www.acceleratedcure.org, is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to curing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) by determining its causes. Accelerated Cure Project believes this effort can be accelerated by organizing the research process and encouraging collaboration between research organizations and clinicians. A "Cure Map" is currently being developed by the Accelerated Cure Project to establish what is known and what is not known about the causes of MS. From the Cure Map, Accelerated Cure Project will facilitate research most likely to reveal the causes of MS in the shortest time through a large-scale, multidisciplinary, MS Repository. For more information about the Accelerated Cure Project or to make a corporate or individual donation, call 781/487-0008, visit acceleratedcure.org, or send an email to info-web1207_no_spam_please_@i_mean_it.no_spam_whatsoever.acceleratedcure.org.

About Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that often results in severe disability including the inability to walk, blindness, cognitive dysfunction, extreme fatigue and other serious symptoms. MS affects over 400,000 people in the US and 2 million individuals worldwide. The disorder occurs twice as often in women as in men. The cause is not known and there is no known cure.