Research into MS in memory of Hilary Moxon

Richard's beautiful wife, Charlotte and Samuel's beautiful Mummy, Katy and Josh's beautiful mother-in-law, sadly passed away at the end of May after a long and brave battle with Multiple Sclerosis. After over 30 years of fighting, Hilary showed a continued passion for life, a sense of humour and kindness to all she met until the very end.

As a family, we have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of kindness and the impact Hilary had on so many people around her. We want to ensure her memory is used positively to benefit others suffering from MS. So we have decided to ask for donations for the Tissue Bank, part of the Imperial College London Research department, who are committed to their research into MS and Parkinson's disease.

The Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Tissue Bank is a national collection of central nervous system (CNS) tissue samples donated by individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease and related neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative conditions.

The vision of the Tissue Bank is one that it shares with its funding charities, the Multiple Sclerosis Society and Parkinson’s UK - that we can live in a world where the cause of these debilitating neurological conditions has been discovered and an intervention identified that stops them from developing in susceptible individuals or stops further progression of the condition.

The Tissue Bank’s mission is to facilitate these discoveries by making well-characterised human material of the highest quality readily available to the research community engaged in studies aimed at discovering the cause and better treatments for multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. Furthermore, we aim to encourage the greater use of the material in these studies. It is by carrying out this work that the Tissue Bank fulfils the last, generous and selfless wishes of all those who have registered on the donor scheme and bequeathed their CNS tissues to research.

The work of the Tissue Bank is supported by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Parkinson’s UK in partnership with Imperial College London.

We hope you will join us in honouring Hilary's memory, and we thank you for donating to this vital research facility.