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Molecular sensor detects early signs of Multiple Sclerosis

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:04 am
by MSUK
For some, the disease multiple sclerosis (MS) attacks its victims slowly and progressively over a period of many years. For others, it strikes without warning in fits and starts. But all patients share one thing in common: the disease had long been present in their nervous systems, hiding under the radar from even the most sophisticated detection methods. But now, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have devised a new molecular sensor that can detect MS at its earliest stages -- even before the onset of physical signs...... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/biomarkersandmicroRNA