Disease or Syndrome: Multiple Sclerosis

Medical news and research articles

Neuroscience

How a multiple sclerosis drug reshapes the immune system

When ocrelizumab became the first FDA-approved treatment for early forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2017, it offered patients immense hope. The long-awaited drug is a monoclonal antibody that depletes B cells—the immune ...

Genetics

New potential drug targets for multiple sclerosis identified

A new study by researchers in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, has identified 18 potential drug targets for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The study may pave the way for new treatment ...

Neuroscience

New MRI approach maps brain metabolism, revealing disease signatures

A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

Medical research

Blood test might predict MS relapse

A blood test might predict when multiple sclerosis patients are about to suffer a relapse in their symptoms, a new study says.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mono infection tied to higher risk of rare liver disease

Primary sclerosis cholangitis, PSC in short, is a rare liver disease that destroys the bile ducts. It is a severe condition for which we currently have no effective treatments and often results in the patient requiring a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Multiple sclerosis research focuses on the early years of life

Scientists at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) have investigated potential risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS) in childhood and adolescence as part of the ...

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