MS researchers in Buffalo and Boston join forces to understand the most severe, and humbling, cases
April 21, 2022 Scott Scanlon Multiple sclerosis robbed Mary Jo Montani of many abilities late in life. She could barely…
New Study Confirms the High Costs of MS to Individuals and the U.S. Economy — (“The Economic Burden of Multiple Sclerosis in the U.S.”)
April 13, 2022 A new study, commissioned by the National MS Society, shows that for the nearly 1 million people…
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New Research Finds That, For The First Time Ever, Stem Cell Treatments Improve Disability Status for Multiple Sclerosis Patients With Progressive Disease
Preliminary analysis of FDA-approved study conducted by the Tisch MS Research Centerof New York found that stem cell treatments substantially improved…
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“Never Drinking Alcohol” Tied to ‘Significantly’ Higher MS Risk
Not drinking alcohol significantly increases the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), especially if a person also is a current or former…
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Smell Test Might Help Predict if MS Treatments Are Working
A measure of the nose’s sensitivity to smell could be used to detect whether treatments for relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) are…
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3D Showing of Mayzent Binding to Receptor Could Advance Treatments
by Steve Bryson PhD | March 18, 2022 For the first time, researchers have brought to light the precise three-dimensional structure of Mayzent (siponimod) as…
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Immune Reaction to Milk Protein May Explain Dairy’s Link to MS
Immune system reaction to casein, a protein in cow’s milk, can trigger an inflammatory neurological disease in mice that’s…
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PIPE-307, Aiming to Restore Myelin, Found Safe in Phase 1 Trial
PIPE-307, an investigational myelin-restoring medication being developed by Pipeline Therapeutics for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), appears to be…
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sNfL May Predict Multiple Sclerosis Disease Activity in Individual Patients
In the first year of therapy, sNfL concentrations were reduced rapidly in treated patients and decreased only marginally in…
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How MS Affects Your Brain
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable and long lasting disease of the central nervous system that disrupts communication between…
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