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San Francisco Chronicle - March 29, 2008 – Non-Profit Gears Up for Biotech Roadshow

The New Yorker -  January 28, 2008 – Buying a Cure

We Are the New Radicals: A Manifesto for Reinventing Yourself and Saving the World features MRF President Scott Johnson as one of several "boomers" who has leveraged his career expertise to take on some of the world's toughest problems.

BusinessWeek -  November 2007 – Software that maps who is working on common problems is shaving years off research—and honing corporate strategies.

Dick Gordon, host of American Public Media's The Story, interviews Scott Johson about his MS diagnosis and the need for a new model that will speed the delivery of patient treatments for all diseases. Listen here.

Scientific American Podcast - Scott Johnson tells listeners about MRF's Accelerated Research Collaboration model. Listen here.

Fast Company magazine's FAST 50 - March 2007 issue. MRF named as one of 50 "imaginative, entrepreneurial 'businesses'" who are stepping up to change the world.

In Vivo: The Business & Medicine Report - January 2007 - Peter Lawyer, Senior Vice Predient in the Boston Consulting Group features MRF as a best-in-class model for time-based discovery.

Wall Street Journal: "Why Non-Profits Fund For-Profit Researchers" - January 26, 2007. MRF COO Rusty Bromley comments on the need to "de-risk" drug targets for pharmaceutical companies.

Annals of Neurology: Vol 60 No 6 December 2006: Editors S. Claiborne Johnson, MD, PhD and Stephen L. Hauser, MD, report on the need for new models that will efficiently bridge the gaps between academia, industry and patient treatments.

Genome Biology: December 2006 - A model worth considering is a commentary by Dr. Gregory A. Petsko, Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry Protein Crystallography at Brandies University.

The Culture of Collaboration: Evan Rosen features the Myelin Repair Foundation's collaborative model along with best practices from Toyota, Proctor & Gamble, Dream Works and others in what Rosen called the "deserialization" of interaction and work.

In The Definitive Drucker, strategic consultant Elizabeth Haas Edershein presents MRF through the eyes of business management icon Peter Drucker in this latest "biography" of his ideas. [Chapter Four: Collaboration and Orchestration]

Scientific American names Scott Johnson among top 50 worldwide for leadership in science, business and policy innovations.

California Gains Science and Tech Praise – November 6, 2006. KCBS-Radio News reports on Scientific American magazine's salute to Scott Johnson as one of 50 worldwide research, business and policy leaders. Listen here.

Fortune Magazine: "One Man's Crusade for a Cure" – September 18, 2006. Fortune magazine profiles MRF founder and President Scott Johnson.

View entire articles and press coverage archive.San Francisco Chronicle – March 29, 2008

Myelin Repair Foundation Appoints Vice President of Drug Discovery – January 31, 2007

Scientific American Names Scott Johnson Among Top 50 Worldwide for Innovations in Multiple Sclerosis Research – November 6, 2006

Myelin Repair Foundation Receives $1.2 Million Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Further Accelerated Scientific Research Model – September 21, 2005

Myelin Repair Foundation Raises First $5 Million: Omidyar Network Caps First Round Funding – July 18, 2005

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Annual Review of Research Progress 2005 – 2006 (PDF)

Spring 2006 - MRF Research Progress Update (PDF)

Winter 2006 - MRF Research Progress Update (PDF)

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Accelerated Research Collaboration™ (ARC™) (PDF)

Research Plan Summary (PDF)

Comments from MRF participants (PDF)

Background Whitepaper (PDF)

Background Summary (PDF)

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