Researchers have identified a potential biomarker that can be used to diagnose for certain degenerative brain conditions such as multiple sclerosis. Certain changes exhibited by tissues located at the junction of the outer and inner layers of the brain called “blurring” may indicate the level of cognitive decline and may be used for early diagnosis of diseases like MS as well as develop new therapies fo... Potential Biomarker Identified For Early Diagnosis Of MS
Posted by dennis on November 15th, 2011
Researchers have identified a potential biomarker that can be used to diagnose for certain degenerative brain conditions such as multiple sclerosis. Certain changes exhibited by tissues located at the junction of the outer and inner layers of the brain called “blurring” may indicate the level of cognitive decline and may be used for early diagnosis of diseases like MS as well as develop new therapies fo... Saffron Ingredient Show MS Treatment Potential
Posted by dennis on November 8th, 2011
Researchers from the University of Alberta have discovered a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis found in the ancient Persian spice saffron. It may also provide a potential treatment for a number of other diseases that may involve neuroinflammation. The findings were recently published in The Journal of Immunology.
Chris Power and his team of researchers from the Faculty of Medicine ad Dentistry of Universit... High Doses Of Vitamin D Not Any Better Than Low Dosages For MS
Posted by dennis on October 25th, 2011
A new study has found out that getting high dosage of vitamin D may not provide any beneficial effects for MS patients better than what a low dose of vitamin D already can provide. This issue has been up for debate for quite awhile now and how low vitamin D levels have been associated with increased MS risk. The study findings are published in the October 25 issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American A... Researchers Find New Stem Cell Isolation Method For MS Treatment
Posted by dennis on October 18th, 2011
MS treatment using stem cells may become a very promising prospect in the very near future. This prospect may even be getting closer and closer as researchers are indicating that human clinical trials using stem cells to treat MS may not be that afar off. Researchers from the University of Buffalo and the University of Rochester have found a more precise way of isolating stem cells in the brain that can be used to ... New Oral Drug Found to Reduce Relapses in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Posted by dennis on October 11th, 2011
There is some good news for a great number of MS sufferers. A large international clinical trial has provided some good results on an oral drug that was developed to treat people with multiple sclerosis. The results are showing that the said oral drug seems to significantly reduce the relapse rate of the said disease as well as slow down its progression. The results of the clinical trial were recently published in ... Researchers Discover New Type Of Spinal Cord Stem Cell
Posted by dennis on October 4th, 2011
A team of researchers may have found a potential treatment approach using stem cells for conditions that affect the spinal cord or the central nervous system. They have discovered a type of spinal cord cell that can function as a stem cell. This can be sued to help regenerate damaged portions of the spinal cord or the central nervous system as seen in conditions such as multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral scler... New Imaging Technique Provide Better View Of Nerve Damage
Posted by dennis on September 28th, 2011
A new imaging technique was recently developed that would allow doctors and researchers to view the extent of nerve damage more clearly in a live patient. This will also help researchers to assess and evaluate the level of damage as well as healing of the nerve tissues more accurately. This new imaging method is further described in the September issue of Biomedical Optics Express, the open access journal of the Op... Researchers Discover Way To Open Blood-Brain Barrier
Posted by dennis on September 20th, 2011
Researchers from Cornell University may have solved a long-standing biological puzzle- how to safely open and close the blood-brain barrier. Finding the means to do so may help aid the effective treatment of ailments such as Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis as well as cancers that affect the central nervous system. The findings of the study were published in the September 14 issue of the Journal of Ne... Inherited Narcolepsy Links MS, Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders Via Mutated Gene
Posted by dennis on September 13th, 2011
Researchers may have found a link between a condition called narcolepsy with other neuropsychiatric disorders and possibly with multiple sclerosis via a mutation found in a gene associated with the production of myelin. Researchers from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and the Gregorio Maranon University Hospital in Madrid, Spain have been able to discover a certain type of mutation found in the myelin oli... Study Suggests Starving Immune Cells Slows Down MS Damage
Posted by dennis on September 6th, 2011
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that is brought about by damage done to the myelin sheath, the protective layer that surrounds nerve cells. It leads to the nerve cells experiencing impaired ability to send signals from the brain to the other parts of the body and vice versa, resulting in physical and neurological disabilities. Unfortunately, MS currently has no cure and researchers are trying to find an...