(Stephen Hird / REUTERS) British author J.K. Rowling gave the donation into research for multiple sclerosis, the disease which killed her mother.
J.K. Rowling Gives $15.4 Million to MS Research
AUGUST 31, 2010Reuters
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has donated $15.4 million to set up a new clinic to carry out multiple sclerosis research.
The clinic, based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, will be named after Rowling's mother Anne, who died of the disease, and the author said she hoped it would become a world center for excellence into neurological conditions.
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