Progressive Supranuclear Palsy was categorised as a disease entity by Drs Steele, Richardson and Olszewski in 1964 but it wasn't until some thirty years later, in the1990s, with the formation of The PSP Association in the UK and CurePSP in the USA, that research into PSP really took off.
Since then The PSP Association has done much to promote and fund research that has advanced our knowledge of PSP. However, compared with diseases such as cancer or diabetes or indeed some other neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease, there is still a lack of research into PSP.
Worldwide, The PSP Association in the UK and CurePSP in the USA are the main supporters of research which is funded through charitable s and activities. Funding for research into PSP by government and other research bodies in the UK is negligible.
The PSP Association's ethos is to work collaboratively with government and other research funding bodies to advance our knowledge of PSP, its causes and possible prevention, and to achieve earlier and better diagnosis and development of an effective treatment.
We are indebted to our supporters, regular givers, individual donors, charitable trusts and corporate sponsors for supporting The PSP Association's research programme.
To learn more about the research funded by The PSP Association, view our index of Research Projects.