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A potential treatment for progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) will continue in a world-first multi-arm, multi-stage adaptive trial after showing encouraging early signs, with recruitment set to expand across Australia. PLATYPUS is an extension of the Octopus trial in Australia, joining Octopus at Stage 2.

“MSWA has been the leading funder of PLATYPUS in Australia since its establishment. It's exciting to see the trial advance and expand across Australia, meaning we can move faster, use research resources more effectively and keep homing in on treatments that could improve the lives of people living with progressive MS." MSWA CEO Melanie Kiely shared.

PLATYPUS recruitment is set to expand across Australia, with participants already enrolled through the lead site at Gold Coast, with the next sites expected to open in Perth and Hobart.

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Early results show world-first adaptive trial in action for progressive MS - MS Australia A potential treatment for progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) will continue in a world-first multi-arm, multi-stage adaptive trial after showing encouraging early signs, with recruitment set to expand across Australia.

🏆WILDCATS GIVEAWAY🏀

We’re BACK with Perth Wildcats tickets up for grabs! Score a double pass to see the action live on Thursday 24 September at RAC Arena!

Enter the giveaway ➡️ https://go.mswa.org.au/CtK48I

Best of luck and go the Wildcats! 🤞

MSWA Client, Andrew Grero's debut exhibition: Signal Lost is now open! 🎨

Visit the exhibition at the Inglewood Arts Hub on till 19 September 📆

Through a collection of bold, expressive and deeply personal artworks, viewers are invited on an emotive journey through Andrew's life as someone with Young Onset Parkinson's disease.

Signal Lost is proudly supported by the Life not Limits Grant which is made possible through our fundraising initiatives such as MSWA Mega Home Lottery and MSWA Events.

Create or update your Will for free today ✏️

A simple step today can give you peace of mind for tomorrow. Putting a Will in place is one of the most important ways to make sure the people and causes that matter to you are looked after according to your wishes.

MSWA is partnering with Safewill to give our community the chance to create or update a Will for free till 28 September.

For MSWA Client Miles, thinking about the future has also meant thinking about the people who may need MSWA's support after him. Following a stroke in 2016 that paralysed his left arm and brain seizures in 2025 that resulted in a neck injury, Miles has received ongoing support from MSWA and knows firsthand how important it is to have the right support throughout your journey.

Like Miles, your Will can also be an opportunity to think about the future and the causes that matter to you. For some people, that means remembering MSWA with a gift that can help our work continue for generations to come.

Leave a gift in your Will 👉 https://go.mswa.org.au/uxq1Q0

Have you ever considered how important your tone, inflection or even the sound of voice is for communication?

For MSWA Client Elena, who lost her voice from motor neurone disease, this is a reality she knows all too well. But after trialling Fluent's innovative generative AI software, she's experiencing a new way to communicate that is faster, more natural and uniquely her own ✅

Read about the ground breaking tech in The West Australian ➡️ https://go.mswa.org.au/rpX3Ro

MSWA is proud to support Fluent through our Neurological Care Accelerator, delivered in partnership with Founders Factory.

Signal Lost: Finding my way with Parkinson’s 🎨

Life not Limits Grant recipient, Andrew Grero is debuting his first solo art exhibition, Signal Lost. The exhibition combines Andrew's artistic skills with lived experience, having been diagnosed with rapidly progressing Young Onset Parkinson’s disease.

With Andrew’s diagnosis strongly influencing the passion and direction of his craft in recent years, this exhibition supports his mission to inspire others and reframe the idea of what it means to live and thrive with Parkinson’s disease.

The free exhibition is on from 9–19 September, Wednesday to Saturday, 10am–3pm, at Inglewood Arts Hub. All are welcome to attend!✨

Explore more of Andrew's work here 👉www.aerogrero.com

A sneak peek inside MSWA Shenton Park! 🏡✨

After years of planning and construction, our residents have finally had the chance to step inside and tour their future home for the very first time.

The MSWA Shenton Park High-Support Accommodation marks an exciting new chapter in neurological care, featuring 20 state-of-the-art apartments, each with a bedroom, ensuite, kitchen, living area and private courtyard or balcony.

There’s plenty more to come as we get closer to the official opening, where we’ll be sharing more of the incredible features and spaces that make MSWA Shenton Park so special. But for now, we’ll let the photos (and the reactions) do the talking! 📸

MSWA gratefully acknowledges the Western Australian State Government financial contribution to the project.

Meet Hank Gidney🧑🏻‍🎨

As a mixed-media artist with a 35-year creative career, Hank’s MS diagnosis painted a new picture of the challenges he might face.

He reached out to MSWA’s Counselling and Wellbeing team and was supported to talk through the things he was going through, learning mindfulness and meditation. “For me personally, I needed to make sense of what this condition meant for me going forward.”

Today, he continues to create art that explores his life, including a recent self-portrait. “I think a self-portrait is very contemplative. It's a bit of stillness and calm where you feel at peace but everything else around you makes no sense.”

Your support helps MSWA provide life changing services to West Aussies like Hank, empowering people living with neurological conditions to live life, not limits.

A ticket today, a life changed tomorrow. Buy tickets at go.mswalottery.com.au/wk2ctc