Welcome to the ADAMS study - click here to sign up
We need your help to understand how changes in the genetic code cause Multiple Sclerosis.
Read on to find out more about the study, the researchers, and how you can participate.
To sign up, click 'Register' at the top of the page.
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Watch this podcast with Roxy Murray (ADAMS steering group) to find out more.
We are doing a study to understand how genes cause Multiple Sclerosis in people from different ancestral backgrounds. If you would like to participate, we will ask for three things from you:
You can participate in the study from home – the questionnaire is online (everything is done via the website). We will analyse your DNA to understand whether the effect of DNA changes on the risk of MS is different depending on your ancestral background.
All of your information will be secure and be stored in accordance with privacy and data security regulations. We will not share any information with commercial third-parties. We will share non-identifiable information with other researchers to help promote progress in MS research worldwide.
If you are interested in finding out more about this study then please have a look around the website or contact the research team by email.
Ben wrote a blog for the MS Blog. Read it here.
Ben spoke to the MSguide.com about the study. Watch it here.
Ben did an interview with Roxy Murray from the 'Sick and Sickening' podcast - you can watch it here and read the transcript here.
The MS Society has written a nice summary of the project here.
Ruth and Ben wrote a piece about ethnicity and MS for the 'Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation' journal - you can read it here.
Once you've signed up we'll send you a saliva kit in the post. Watch these instructions to find out how to prepare your sample and send it back to us.