A new experimental cell therapy that pairs a patient’s own red blood cells with myelin protein fragments safely calmed the immune system and helped dampen the inflammatory attack that drives multiple sclerosis (MS), according to results from an early-stage clinical trial. The novel approach works by retraining the body’s…
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Researchers in Germany have been granted more than $1 million to support the development of a novel skin patch designed to promote myelin repair in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) — funding that brings the experimental treatment closer to clinical testing, according to the team. The patch contains…
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Automated analyses of a person’s everyday speech patterns could offer a simple, noninvasive way of tracking brain tissue loss in multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study. Researchers found that changes in speech over a period of two years — in particular, a narrower vocabulary range and more frequent…
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A trio of European scientists has linked subtle changes in the brain’s white matter — tissue rich in nerve cell projections — to early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), a form of the neurodegenerative disease marked by flare-ups interspersed with periods of remission. Using a specialized noninvasive imaging technique, the…
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It’s funny how multiple sclerosis (MS) has a way of silencing me. Since my diagnosis in 2016, I’ve felt as if something else has been speaking, moving, and living through me. Although I’ve been present in my own body, it often feels like I’m simply waiting on the sidelines.
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