Understanding the link between EBV-infected B cells and multiple sclerosis
The Wistar Institute's Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D., and lab team led by senior staff scientist and first author, Samantha Soldan, ...
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Young Black and Hispanic women with multiple sclerosis fare worse than white women
While recent therapies have the potential to stall or delay the progression of multiple sclerosis, a new study shows that ...
Determining the effect of estriol treatment on cerebral cortex in the preclinical model of MS
Treating a mouse model of multiple sclerosis with the pregnancy hormone estriol reversed the breakdown of myelin in the brain's ...
New insights into how axons grow could lead to effective therapies for blindness, paralysis
Injuries to the nerves can blind or paralyze because adult nerve cells don't regenerate their connections. Now, a team of ...
Playing tackle football at an early age increases risk for brain decline later
The degenerative brain disease known as CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, has become a specter haunting football. One-time stars-;like the ...
Apolipoprotein E4 promotes the development of Alzheimer’s disease
In a recent study published in Nature Aging, researchers characterize the effects of neuronal apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) on Alzheimer’s disease ...
Researchers develop new method to calculate the delay of signal propagations in brains of MS patients
Researchers of the Human Brain Project have developed a new methodology to calculate the delay of signal propagations in brains ...
MS Australia announces new round of incubator grants for innovative research on multiple sclerosis
MS Australia has announced its new round of incubator grants for 'out-of-the-box' Australian research projects that will explore innovative ways ...
Synchrotron X-ray diffraction can aid in the diagnosis of invisible traumatic brain injuries
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are usually diagnosed with MRI and computed tomography scans, but these techniques often miss more mild ...
Gene defect underlying Krabbe disease causes degeneration of neurons directly, study finds
The gene defect underlying Krabbe disease causes degeneration of neurons directly, independent of its effects on other cell types, according ...
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