by Australian National University Credit: Unsplash Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified why certain cells in the body, known as Th17 cells, go rogue and promote the onset of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). In a new study published in Nature Communications, scientists have discovered a previously unknown and nasty side...
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA It is important that multiple sclerosis (MS) is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to delay progression of the disease. The technique of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a key role in this process. In the search for ever better methods, a new MRI technique has been used...
By AFP15 January 2022, 6:54 pm This image provided by US Department of Health and Human Services shows an illustration of the outer coating of the Epstein-Barr virus. (US Department of Health and Human Services via AP) WASHINGTON — Multiple sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that has no cure and affects some 2.8 million people in the...
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY VIDEO: A UCALGARY STUDY HAS FOUND PROMISING RESULTS FOR THE GENERIC DRUG HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE WHEN USED TO REDUCE THE WORSENING OF DISABILITY OF PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS), THE LEAST TREATABLE FORM OF THE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. MS AFFECTS ABOUT 90,000 CANADIANS, ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE WORLD WITH ABOUT 15 PER...
by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Demyelination by MS. The CD68 colored tissue shows several macrophages in the area of the lesion. Original scale 1:100. Credit: Marvin 101/Wikipedia Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive cure, is likely caused by infection...
KESSLER FOUNDATION IMAGE: DR. BRIAN SANDROFF MONITORS A RESEARCH PARTICIPANT IN AN MS EXERCISE STUDY AT KESSLER FOUNDATION. CREDIT: KESSLER FOUNDATION East Hanover, NJ. December 29, 2021. Citing recent evidence, experts in rehabilitation research advocate for integrating exercise into the care plans of persons with multiple sclerosis. The central role of the neurologist in clinical...
by Todd Hollingshead, Brigham Young University Professor Mary Davis and student Will Brugger looked at data for 3,495 multiple sclerosis patients to find the connection between genetic risk and early onset. Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo Anyone who has multiple sclerosis—or has a close friend with the disease—knows an MS diagnosis is the beginning of a...
Multiple sclerosis is a progressive disease of the central nervous system. It occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the healthy nerves of the brain and spinal cord. According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), the disease affects nearly 1 million adults in the United States. Most people with MS experience their first symptoms in their 20s...
By Syed S. A.Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Balo’s disease, a rare variant of multiple sclerosis (MS), is a demyelinating disorder of the CNS in which the myelin (the fatty substance that covers nerve fibers) is destroyed. Balo’s disease is also known as concentric sclerosis or Balo concentric sclerosis because it is marked by bands of intact...
by Weill Cornell Medical College Inflammatory lesion in the spinal cord of a mouse model of multiple sclerosis demonstrating the presence of ILC3 (green) or T cells (red). Credit: Dr. Christopher N. Parkhurst. A group of immune cells that normally protect against inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract may have the opposite effect in multiple sclerosis (MS)...
