Source Multiple Sclerosis News Today: Nortis, a Seattle-based biotech company, has received a $688,000 grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a living, 3-D model of the human blood-brain barrier that will be used for laboratory testing to accelerate drug development and lessen the likelihood of failure in clinical trials.
Source MS Society: Researchers have found that common gut bacteria can suppress MS symptoms in mice.
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Source Oxford Brookes University A healthy diet may be a simple, cost effective and safe therapy for improving symptoms experienced in people with MS (pwMS), and thus for increasing quality of life. There is currently no cure for fatigue yet it is one of the most debilitating of symptoms associated with MS.
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Source The Guardian Therapies for multiple sclerosis are becoming more effective. But an underfunded NHS is struggling to provide timely diagnosis and make the latest treatments widely available.
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CANCELLED: MS Society Research Talk 9th September 2017 at the Hilton Hotel Reading Read More »
Source: BBC The world’s most detailed scan of the brain’s internal wiring has been produced by scientists at Cardiff University.
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Source: MS Society New research has found that MRI scans can help predict how MS will progress. MRI is already used to diagnose MS.
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Source: MS Trust The next step in the approval process is for the European Commission to grant a licence for cladribine, taking into consideration the EMA’s recommendation. Cladribine will then have to be appraised by NICE and the SMC to determine availability in the UK. In anticipation of the granting of a licence, NICE have already started the appraisal process and
European licence recommended for Cladribine (Mavenclad) Read More »
Source: Multiple Sclerosis News Today A variation in the NLRP1 gene is associated with multiple sclerosis that runs in families, Slovenian researchers report.
Researchers Find Gene Mutation in Multiple Sclerosis That Runs in Families Read More »
Source Israel21c Israeli scientists discover an abnormality in neurons’ protective membrane may enable the immune system to launch a mistaken attack.
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