(Kazan, August 31, Tatar-Inform). Harry Potter author JK Rowling has donated £10 million to set up a new multiple sclerosis research clinic, it was announced today.

The writer said she believed the clinic, to be based at the University of Edinburgh, will become a world centre for excellence in its field. It is also hoped work at the facility will help researchers find out more about other incurable neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and motor neurone disease.

The clinic will be named after Rowling's mother Anne, who suffered from MS and died at the age of 45.

The author said the new clinic, which is expected to be completed within a year, would place patients at the heart of the research and treatment process.

In a statement released today, she said: “It is with great pleasure and pride that I am donating £10 million to the Regenerative Neurology Clinic at the University of Edinburgh, which is to be named after my mother, Anne.

“I am incredibly impressed by the calibre of clinicians and researchers that Edinburgh has already managed to attract to make this project a reality, and I truly believe that it is set to become a world centre for excellence in the field of regenerative neurology,” The Daily Telegraph reports.

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