by Kessler Foundation Dr. Weber is a research scientist in the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research. Credit: Kessler Foundation Kessler Foundation researchers reported results of a study of deficits in prospective memory in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) that may contribute to difficulties with everyday life activities. The article, “Time-based prospective memory is associated...
Tag: <span>Multiple sclerosis(MS)</span>
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Rejuvenating brain stem cells may hold key to future MS treatments
By Catharine Paddock PhD Fact checked by Paula Field Scientists have found a way to make older brain stem cells in rats more youthful. The discovery could lead to improved treatments for aging-related diseases that degrade the brain and nervous system. The research concerns oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), which are a type of stem cell,...
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Multiple sclerosis – helping cells to help themselves
Diseases such as multiple sclerosis are characterized by damage to the myelin sheath, a protective covering wrapped around nerve cells akin to insulation around an electrical wire. Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered how the body initiates repair mechanisms to limit the extent of any damage to this sheath. Their findings, which provide...
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Old cells repair damage in the brains of multiple sclerosis patients
A new study shows that there is a very limited regeneration of cells in the brains of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). These findings underline the importance of treating MS at an early stage of disease progression, when the affected cells can repair the damage, as they are not replaced by new ones. The...
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Taurine lends hand to repair cells damaged in multiple sclerosis
Demyelination by MS. The CD68 colored tissue shows several macrophages in the area of the lesion. Original scale 1:100. New research suggests that administering taurine, a molecule naturally produced by human cells, could boost the effectiveness of current multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies. Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) found that taurine helps spark...
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Immune cells cross blood-brain barrier in multiple sclerosis
Researchers probing the mechanisms of nerve tissue damage in multiple sclerosis have identified two ways in which white blood cells overcome the blood-brain barrier to wreak havoc in the highly protected environment of the brain and spinal cord. How do white blood cells penetrate the blood-brain barrier in MS? A new study investigates. In a...
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Research pinpoints powerful biomarker of multiple sclerosis
Demyelination by MS. The CD68 colored tissue shows several macrophages in the area of the lesion. Original scale 1:100. A breakthrough study led by the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital has revealed unique molecules in the blood of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) that could become definitive...
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Gene immunotherapy protects against multiple sclerosis in mice
This visual abstract depicts the work of Keeler et al., who developed a gene immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis in mice. A potent and long-lasting gene immunotherapy approach prevents and reverses symptoms of multiple sclerosis in mice, according to a study published September 21st in the journal Molecular Therapy. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in...
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Unique gene therapy prevents, reverses multiple sclerosis in animal model
Multiple sclerosis affects about 2.3 million people worldwide and is the most common neurological disease in young adults. Multiple sclerosis can be inhibited or reversed in mouse models using a novel gene therapy technique to suppress the immune response that induces the disease, University of Florida Health researchers have found. By combining the transfer of...
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Human gut microbe may lead to treatment for multiple sclerosis
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers, along with colleagues at the University of Iowa, report that a human gut microbe discovered at Mayo Clinic may help treat autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. The findings appear in Cell Reports. While probiotics have been used for millennia, there are little data showing how a bacterium can provide...
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