When you play, everybody wins!
To coincide with MS Awareness Week 2011 (March 7-13 in Illinois), the Greater Illinois Chapter is pleased to unveil the 2011 It's Double Time" Illinois Lottery $2 insant-win ticket, officially launching March 7. Since 2007, the annual lottery tickets have raised more than $3.9 million for MS research in Illinois--not to mention awareness!
The $2 Illinois Lottery Instant Ticket for MS concept was made a reality through the hard work of volunteer MS activists from the Greater Illinois and Gateway chapters who collaborated with advocacy specialists to craft legislation and see the “Scratch Out MS” bill signed into law in October 2007. Proceeds from the instant ticket fund competitive local research grants, with the first grants awarded in 2009.
Grants considered for funding must pertain to the repair of damage caused by acquired demyelinating disease of the central nervous system; and must develop and advance the understanding, techniques and modalities effective for maintaining function, mobility and strength through preventive physical therapy or other treatments and restoration of function. Research recipients are selected only through the standard peer-review process established by the National MS Society's home office and overseen by Dr. Patricia O’Looney.
Recipients of grants made possible by the Illinois Lottery ticket include:
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Roumen Balabanov, MD, Rush University Medical Center
“Role of IRF-1 in oligodendrocytes” -
Ernesto Bongarzone, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
“Neurogenic responses in multiple sclerosis” -
Malabendu Jana, Ph.D., Rush University Medical Center
“Regulation of Lingo-1 by PPAR-beta”
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