Demyelinating diseases like multiple sclerosis are known to be a result of damage to the insulating material around nerve cells called myelin. Such diseases may cause not only the myelin to become damaged in the process but also damage the specialized cells whose function is to repair this important insulation material for nerve cells. This [...]
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Herbal medicine has been used since ancient times to treat certain diseases and ailments. Scientists are closely looking into the molecular mechanism behind some remedies used in traditional herbal medicine to further determine their effectiveness in treating certain diseases. Researchers have closely looked into a 2,000 year-old Chinese herbal remedy for malaria and discovered that [...]
A new study suggests that a drug known to treat multiple sclerosis may also be effective in preventing one of the leading causes of heart attacks. Researchers from the University of Manchester and the University if Illinois in Chicago have discovered that the drug known as Gilenya, a drug recently approved in the US for [...]
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Researchers from Tel Aviv University say that muscle endurance tests can help detect abnormalities in mobility at the early stages of multiple sclerosis. Dr. Alon Kalron and his team of researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine as well as from the Multiple Sclerosis Centre in Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer have found out [...]
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Stem cell treatment is considered a controversial form of treatment in that it was once believed that it requires embryonic stem cells in order to be possible, which has become an issue of ethical debate. But not anymore. Researchers may have discovered a means to convert stem cells found in umbilical cords into other types [...]
With multiple sclerosis still considered as one of those conditions without a cure, researchers are trying hard to find different means in order to find the best available treatment. A new study is suggesting that it might be possible to reverse the ageing in the central nervous system which may help in regenerating damaged myelin [...]
Researchers may have found some proof regarding the link between virus and multiple sclerosis. Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London have shown in a study just how a particular virus can trick the immune system into triggering inflammation that can cause damage to the nerve cells in the brain which is typically what happens [...]
While multiple sclerosis may be considered as an autoimmune disease for a long time now, that view might change, in light of an article recently published in the December issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology. According to the paper, MS might be considered as a metabolic disorder instead of as an autoimmune disease where [...]
A study has suggested evidence that MS may not only cause damage as a result of the visible lesions that the said disease can create. It may also affect other areas of the brain responsible for cognitive, motor as well as sensory functions. The results of the study are published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
Radiology [...]
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Researchers have discovered a new means of monitoring the progression of the debilitating disease, multiple sclerosis. Researchers made use of a powerful MRI with three times the strength to keep track of the increasing levels of iron found in brain tissue.
Researchers from the University of Alberta have discovered increasing iron levels in the gray matter [...]