Annual Lecture and Dinner
Friday 14 November 2008
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
This year will be ACT’s twelfth annual lecture and dinner. The lecture will be given by Professor Alastair Compston (Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences in the University of Cambridge, Honorary Consultant Neurologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, President of the Association of British Neurologists, and Editor of Brain, a Journal of Neurology) on the subject of Multiple Sclerosis (see below for more information).
The lecture will be followed as usual by a champagne reception and three-course dinner in the Food Court at Addenbrooke’s courtesy of Letherby and Christopher. Proceeds will enable ACT to provide grants for a range of much-needed equipment and research to enhance patient care throughout Addenbrooke’s.
Lecture
Treating multiple sclerosis: a modern saga
Professor Alastair Compston will be talking about Multiple Sclerosis, its effects on affected individuals and his research over the last 30 years, with an emphasis on recent advances made in Cambridge that help in understanding the nature and treatment of the illness.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults. Around 85,000 people in the UK have MS.
MS is the result of damage to myelin - a protective sheath surrounding nerve fibres of the central nervous system. When myelin is damaged, this interferes with messages between the brain and other parts of the body. For some people, MS is characterised by periods of relapse and remission while for others it has a progressive pattern. For everyone, it makes life unpredictable.
For more information contact the ACT office on 01223 217757 or email act@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
Genzyme, PHG Foundation and Ware Antony Rust support the Annual Lecture and Dinner 2008
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