Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. More specifically, a person with multiple sclerosis will experience their own immune system attacking the myelin in their body. Myelin is a protective sheath that covers the body's nerve fibers and myelin damage causes communication problems between the brain and the rest of the body. It can result in a multitude of symptoms and in many cases can be debilitating.

What causes multiple sclerosis? That's the real question. While there have been recently discovered correlations between possible risk factors and multiple sclerosis, the cause still remains unknown. Medical treatment for multiple sclerosis has come a long way in recent decades, but treatment is expensive, instrusive, has side effects, and doesn't work for everybody.

You've probably heard of crowd sourcing for raising money for a non-profit or other project, but instead of raising money, you can also crowd source information from many sources and bring them together! This is where Let's Crack MS and you come in. When people with and without multiple sclerosis sign up and participate in our online surveys more and more data builds up everyday.

If the right questions are asked and enough people participate in Let's Crack MS's surveys, data science can you used on the large amount of data collected to discover correlations that identify environmental factors that are more prevalent in those diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. While correlation may not be the same as causation, it provides a direction for scientific studies to use to identify what causes multiple sclerosis in the future. We need your help! Sign up and participate in our surveys to help to put an end to multiple sclerosis!