Schoolboy’s campaign gets backing from world-renowned scientist

The McLaughlin family (left to right, Ryan, Darren, Alan and Kirsten) meet Cathy Jamieson (centre) at the parliament

By Cara Sulieman

A SCOTS schoolboy campaigning for better treatment for MS suffers like his mum has received the backing of a top scientist.

Plucky Ryan McLaughlin, 14, from Glasgow, started a campaign to get the Scottish Government to supply free Vitamin D supplements to Scots after claims a lack of sunshine in this country made the condition worse.

His mum Kirsten has battled the disease for years.

Now Oliver Gillie, a respected medical writer and researcher who has been working on research into the benefits of Vitamin D for some years, is lending his support to the teenager.