MS sufferer sees hope for cure
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, December 1, 2009
By Emily Ford
eford@salisburypost.com
KANNAPOLIS ó Briana Landis wants to help find a cure for the disease that sometimes takes her vision in one eye for weeks at a time.
But the 11-year-old Kannapolis Intermediate School student who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis seven years ago might need to choose a different disease to tackle.
“I think there’s going to be a cure before I grow up,” she said.
Briana and dozens of other MS sufferers listened Thursday as scientists and philanthropists at the N.C. Research Campus announced a new effort to find a cure for the chronic disease that attacks the central nervous system.
Charlotte theater mogul Herman Stone gave $1 million to help fund MS research at the biotechnology hub in downtown Kannapolis. The effort is a partnership between Duke University, the Research Campus and the National MS Society.
Read more in Friday’s Post.