According to a meta-analysis that was published in December’s “Annals of Neurology,” three new multiple sclerosis genetic susceptibility loci have now been identified. Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, M.D. and Ph.D., along with colleagues, had been investigating MS susceptibility. To find the consequences of novel susceptibility loci, a one-stage meta-analysis was done. There were seven genome-wide...
A recently released Cambridge University study offered hope for those suffering from the ill effects of MS, multiple sclerosis, which is a degenerative muscular disorder. The study showed that through stem cell and remyelination therapy could be beneficial in restoring the damaged nerves throughout the body, even in sufferers of MS at more advanced...
Each day is a new day of discovery in the world of science. This makes it quite interesting and intriguing at the same time. In humans there’s a condition that inhibits the transfer of neurons or signals leading to distressing disabilities. They usually lead to active sessions of MS that last for almost 2...
Exciting new studies in the medical community have formed a possible link between a virus and MS. The implications are monumental, suggesting a possibility for prevention of the disease as well as a cure. Scientific research was conducted at the Queen Mary university in London and published in the scientific journal, Neurology. Scientists focused...
Multiple sclerosis affects more women than men. Doctors have long believed that the disease is an auto-immune condition. New research suggest the disease is not an auto-immune condition. Instead, MS would be caused by faulty lipid metabolism. The degenerative disease causes inflammation and leads to scarring. The scarring can cause profound neurological and nerve...
A 26-patient clinical trial completed double-blinded at has provided Brainsway Ltd. the results assessing the safety and effectiveness of its Deep TMS device used in treating patients with MS (multiple sclerosis). The trial participants were separated into three groups: a treatment group receiving 18 Hz, (high-frequency) left pre-frontal stimulation, a control group with false-stimulation,...
A research team in Belgium found that wine may slow the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). Though reasons for the effects were unclear, the team found that patients who suffer from MS relapse and also drank wine, had less severe symptoms. MS is an autoimmune disease that greatly affects the central nervous system. The...
After a two-year, randomized, control study of 2,000+ RRMS patients, drugmaker Novartis announced promising findings. Patients taking a once-daily oral dose of fingolimod saw a decrease of almost half in annual relapse rates of RRMS. This reduction in attacks resulted in patients with a better-functioning nervous system than the unmedicated control. In addition, the...
Bristol university is seeking to hire 80 people to help in a stem cell experiment. They are planning to extract bone marrow to take out stem cells. The stems cells will be injected in the eighty people to test the theory that stem cells can repair the protective coat of nerve cells. This was...
A strange disease began killing monkeys at the Oregon National Primate Research Center in 1986. Some animals developed an unsteady gait and a quickly advancing paralysis of the limbs. Caregivers couldn’t do anything to stop the disease and euthanized most of the monkeys within a week of symptom onset. The disease, researchers now report,...
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