Gene variant may increase severity of MS
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:48 pm
A new study shows a gene variant may increase the severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms. The research will be published in the August 3, 2010, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
For the study, researchers screened the oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS1) gene in 401 people with MS, 394 people without MS and 178 people receiving the MS treatment beta interferon....Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/1347