Genetic clues: Can depression risk predict MS progression?
Researchers in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences are exploring whether a person's genetic risk for depression can help predict how multiple sclerosis (MS) progresses.
Nov 28, 2025
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Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
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'Body-swap' robot helps reveal how the brain keeps us upright
What if a robot could show us how the brain keeps us balanced? UBC scientists built one—and their discovery could help shape new ways to reduce fall risk for millions of people.
Nov 26, 2025
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What happens when your immune system hijacks your brain
"My year of unraveling" is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain.
Nov 22, 2025
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Multiple sclerosis explained: Symptoms, risk factors and treatments
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases affecting the brain and spinal cord, with 2.9 million people estimated to be living with the disease worldwide.
Nov 10, 2025
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Unique immune signatures can distinguish rare autoimmune condition from multiple sclerosis
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune condition in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the protective myelin sheath of nerve fibers in the central nervous ...
Nov 10, 2025
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What is myasthenia gravis, the rare disease tennis great Monica Seles lives with?
Former tennis star Monica Seles recently revealed she is living with the rare disease myasthenia gravis, which affects 12 in 100,000 people globally.
Nov 10, 2025
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Temporal artery ultrasound in the real-time diagnosis of stroke of the eye
For most of us, the phrase "stroke of the eye" sounds like a metaphor. But for UK HealthCare's Jagannadha "Jay" Avasarala, M.D., Ph.D., it's a literal and urgent diagnosis—one that could mean the difference between sight ...
Nov 7, 2025
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Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity's dark side
Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson's rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to send her home, again, without ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Imaging technique maps the brain's nerve fiber labyrinth with micrometer precision
In order to understand brain diseases, neuroscientists try to untangle the intricate nerve fiber labyrinth of our brain. Before analyzing brain tissue under a microscope, it is often soaked in paraffin wax to achieve high-quality ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Multidimensional map shows how the brain develops—and how it resolves inflammation
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Yale University have created a multidimensional, molecular map of how the mouse brain develops after birth and how it reacts to inflammation. The study, which is published in Nature, ...
Nov 5, 2025
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