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June 26, 2017June 26, 2017

MSAA Unveils New Print, Online Resources for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

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The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) has released three new resources for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), available for free as both printed and online versions on MSAA’s website. According ... Read more

June 15, 2017June 16, 2017

IQuity Given $1M NIH Grant to Advance Research into RNA-based Diagnostic Tests for MS

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1 million grant to IQuity, a Nashville-based company looking into novel RNA targets that ultimately benefit patients with multiple sclerosis ... Read more

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017

Bringing More Minority MS Patients into Research Is Project’s Goal, Starting with 15-Minute Survey

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The MS Minority Research Engagement Partnership Network is calling for all multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, ages 21 and older, to respond to a 15-minute online survey. Investigators are hoping to ... Read more

May 15, 2017May 15, 2017

MS News That Caught My Eye: Ocrevus Q&A, Cheap SPMS Therapy in Testing, and New Research

Columns, The MS Wire - A Column by Ed Tobias

In case you missed them, here are some news stories that appeared in MS News Today that caught my eye over the past week. MSAA’s Dr. Jack Burks Responds to ... Read more

April 13, 2017April 13, 2017

Why Staying Informed About Multiple Sclerosis is Important

Columns, Making a Difference - a Column by Cathy Chester.

A lot has changed in multiple sclerosis research and treatment since I was diagnosed 30 years ago. Here are a few things I was told originally that are no longer ... Read more

April 10, 2017April 10, 2017

Bike MS Event in Fort Worth Expected to Attract 2,000 Cyclists and Raise $1.8M for MS Research

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More than 2,000 bicyclists are expected to join in the 30th Annual Running of the Bike MS: Sam’s Club Round-Up Ride, set for May 6-7 in Fort Worth, Texas. The two-day, ... Read more

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017

UCSF Neurologist Played Key Role in MS Research Turning to B-Cells, Essential Step to Ocrevus

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Dr. Stephen Hauser, chair of the neurology department at the University of California San Francisco, was instrumental in the early research and later clinical trials that ultimately led to Ocrevus (ocrelizumab), ... Read more

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017

Join Me and Advocate for MS

Columns, Engaging Thoughts

One of my sisters called to let me know that CNN was doing live coverage of the Women’s March that was taking place in all 50 U.S. states, as ... Read more

January 9, 2017January 9, 2017

EU Awards $15M to Global Consortium Aiming for Personal MS Treatments

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The European Commission is awarding 15 million euros to support MultipleMS, a large global project designed to develop new personalized medicine approaches for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The funds, equal to about $15.2 million, ... Read more

December 22, 2016December 27, 2016

We Need Pharma If We Hope to Find a Cure for MS

Columns, Engaging Thoughts

We all know the credit card commercial with actor Samuel L. Jackson talking about the buying power and the return on a certain credit card. He speaks about the ... Read more

December 22, 2016December 22, 2016

Cures Act May Speed Approval of Stem Cell Therapies for MS and Other Diseases

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The 21st Century Cures Act, recently signed into law by President Barack Obama, includes provisions that aim to speed up the process by which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... Read more

September 23, 2016September 23, 2016

Progressive MS Alliance Awards $18M to 3 Research Projects into Disease Treatments, Expanded Testing

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The International Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Alliance, a worldwide group of MS organizations that support research efforts, has awarded three, four-year grants — called Collaborative Network Awards, and worth $6 ... Read more

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016

#ECTRIMS2016 – MS Care and Research Lagging in Middle East, Experts Say

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) care and research is lagging behind in the Middle East compared to countries in Europe and North America, according to research presented at the European Committee ... Read more

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016

Patient-led Study, REAL MS, Invites Adults to Help Advance and Direct MS Research

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An innovation in multiple sclerosis (MS) research has been launched by the iConquerMS initiative — a longitudinal, prospective study called “REAL MS,” an acronym for “Research Engagement About Life with Multiple ... Read more

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016

Specific Definition of Fatigue in MS Proposed as Way to Advance Research into Symptom

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Researchers from Colorado State University propose a new model of fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS), designed to overcome the lack of a unified definition of fatigue that can be ... Read more

June 23, 2016July 26, 2016

MS is Linked to Glandular Fever, I Have No Doubt

Columns, What's Important Now -- An MS Column by Ian Franks

In my mind, MS is linked to glandular fever. From personal experience, there is no room for doubt of any kind. Trouble is, though, that my experience and belief ... Read more

May 30, 2016May 31, 2016

#CMSC16 — Multiple Sclerosis News Today to Provide Extensive On-Site Coverage of Annual Meeting

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Multiple Sclerosis News Today will provide extended on-site coverage of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) 2016 Annual Meeting June 1-4 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center ... Read more

April 20, 2016

The Future of Personalized Medicine in Multiple Sclerosis

In this National MS Society video, watch Patricia Cassicia, PhD, discuss research on personalized medicine in multiple sclerosis. “How does exercise, diet, type of food that you eat, microbiome affect ... Read more

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016

Therapeutic Target for Stabilizing Histamine, an Inflammatory Agent in MS, Identified in Fruit Fly Study

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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, working in the fruit fly model, identified an organic cation transporter, CarT (carcinine transporter), that is crucial to the recycling of histamine in ... Read more

February 25, 2016February 25, 2016

Peripheral Neuropathy Reversed in Zebrafish After Treatment with 2 Drugs

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A researcher has identified two drugs that may be used to reverse peripheral nerve damage, also referred to as peripheral neuropathy, resulting from diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and diabetes, ... Read more

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016

US Moves Step Closer to National MS, Neurological Disease Registry with Senate Panel Vote

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The U.S. Senate health committee recently passed the “Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015” (S. 849), sponsored by Sens. Johnny Isakson and Chris Murphy, which would create a nationwide system to ... Read more

January 27, 2016

Physical Activity and Exercise: A Lifespan Approach to Maintain Health

In this MS Research Australia video, learn more about the Progress in Multiple Sclerosis Research Scientific Conference, a public lecture that was held to share the exciting MS research progress ... Read more

January 22, 2016March 2, 2016

NOW: Multiple Sclerosis Research

In this video by the National MS Society, learn more about the current state of multiple sclerosis research. “Every day more than 20,000 researchers go to work to create ... Read more

January 4, 2016March 2, 2016

Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Research

In this video by Seattle Children’s, watch Dr. Mohamed Oukka discuss multiple sclerosis research underway at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. “This research is focused on developing better therapies for children and ... Read more

December 29, 2015

Will You Challenge MS? – Tamla’s Story

In this video from the MS Society, join ChallengeMS and help raise £125,000 to fund the next breakthroughs in multiple sclerosis research. Learn more about multiple sclerosis here: http://bit.ly/1PBLn0c

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October 5, 2015October 5, 2015

Multiple Sclerosis News Today To Provide Live, On-Site Coverage Of 31st Annual #ECTRIMS2015 Congress

Multiple Sclerosis News, News

The 31st meeting of the Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (#ECTRIMS2015) is being held this week from October 7 to 10 in Barcelona, ... Read more

June 22, 2015June 22, 2015

Animal Models Offer New Insights Into Energy Metabolism in Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis News, News

Researchers at United Arab Emirates University in Abu Dhabi have recently published in the journal BMC Neuroscience new insights into the involvement of mitochondria and energy metabolism in the pathology ... Read more

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015

Approach to Treating MS May be Transformed Thanks to Newly Discovered Connection Between Immune-Nervous Systems

Multiple Sclerosis News, News

An exciting new discovery has turned the medical world upside down, and could have important implications for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). It turns out that previously undiscovered ... Read more

December 11, 2014July 19, 2016

MS Society Heralds 2014 as a Year Of Great Progress in Multiple Sclerosis Research

Multiple Sclerosis News, News

2014 was a year of major progress in research for treating and curing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This year the National Multiple Sclerosis Society reports ... Read more