Researchers get funding to find treatment for untreatable MS

Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease that wreaks havoc on the body.

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A progressive form of the condition has no treatment.

But this week in Boston, major funding was announced for research that may finally bring hope to those stricken by progressive MS.

Gigi Ranno was diagnosed with MS in 1989. She said she's ecstatic about funding for new research funding to study progressive Multiple sclerosis.

"When I heard about it I said, 'Woohoo!' I have reason to be hopeful," said Ranno.

Ranno went from holding on to walls to a cane and walker to a wheelchair.

"This disease has progressed beyond anything I could ever have imagined," she said.

Once an active athlete, Ranno could only watch as her body betrayed her.

"I need help to get in and out of bed, to dress myself, to get to the bathroom. I can't do anything on my own," said Ranno.

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Researchers get funding to find treatment for untreatable MS