Neuroscience
Setting the odds for those with MS
Both the doctors who treat multiple sclerosis and the people who experience it agree that the disease is highly unpredictable.
Aug 6, 2015
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Multiple Sclerosis
Health
High salt intake could be a risk factor for multiple sclerosis
Here's another reason to put the salt shaker down: New research in mice shows that diets high in sodium may be a novel risk factor in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) by influencing immune cells that cause the disease. ...
Aug 5, 2015
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Other
Celgene will buy drug developer Receptos for $7.32 billion
Cancer drug maker Celgene said it will buy Receptos for $7.32 billion in cash, gaining a drug Receptos is studying as a treatment for multiple sclerosis and ulcerative colitis.
Jul 14, 2015
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Neuroscience
Dice loaded for patients with late-stage MS, study shows
People living with multiple sclerosis have the dice loaded against them when it comes to their decision-making ability as their neurological disease progresses, according to a new study from the University of Alberta's Faculty ...
Jul 8, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Enriched blood cells preserve cognition in mice with features of Alzheimer's disease
Cedars-Sinai researchers have successfully tested two new methods for preserving cognition in laboratory mice that exhibit features of Alzheimer's disease by using white blood cells from bone marrow and a drug for multiple ...
Jul 7, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anxiety independently predicts pain in patients with MS
(HealthDay)—Pain is prevalent in more than half of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and is independently predicted by anxiety, according to a study published online June 18 in Pain Medicine.
Jun 23, 2015
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Immunology
New immunoregulation and biomarker
Clinicians at LMU have elucidated a mechanism involved in determining the lifespan of antibody-producing cells, and identified a promising new biomarker for monitoring autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and lupus ...
Jun 12, 2015
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Genetics
Gene variants linked to multiple sclerosis disrupt key regulator of inflammation
With genetic roots of many autoimmune diseases pinpointed, scientists are zeroing in on the variety of molecular mechanisms triggered by these harmful variants. A team led by Yale School of Medicine researchers has implicated ...
Jun 11, 2015
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Medical research
Missing link found between brain, immune system
In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously ...
Jun 1, 2015
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Neuroscience
People with multiple sclerosis may have double the risk of dying early
New research suggests people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may have double the risk of dying early compared to people without MS, with those younger than 59 at a three times higher risk. The study is published in the May 27, ...
May 27, 2015
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