Until my relapse last summer, multiple sclerosis (MS) hadn’t really affected my daily life in nine years, so the recent MS Awareness Month made me pause. Living with the disease sometimes at the forefront and sometimes in the background has shown me how much the meaning of “awareness”…
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A pair of studies showed that a group of nerve cells essential for cognition may be particularly vulnerable to damage in multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers found that CUX2 neurons — specialized cells in the brain’s cortex, which governs complex thinking — are…
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A 12-week intervention combining breathing exercises, cold exposure, and meditation — known as the Wim Hof Method (WHM) — or a lifestyle intervention aimed at improving physical activity and dietary habits may help reduce inflammation linked to disease progression in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a pilot study suggests.
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In multiple sclerosis (MS), certain disease-driving immune cells carry a protein marker called CD29, which helps them move into the brain and trigger inflammation. That is the key finding of a new study by researchers in the Netherlands, who zeroed in on the protein as a driver of MS.
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted PRIME designation to Oculis‘ experimental treatment privosegtor for optic neuritis, a condition commonly seen in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Optic neuritis, marked by inflammation of the optic nerve that carries signals between the eyes and the brain, can…
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