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A team of researchers have identified Opioid Growth Factor (OGF) as a novel biomarker for the onset and progression of multiple sclerosis (MS)...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/study-identifies-biomarker-onset-and-progression-ms https://scontent.flhr4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21766520_1580767815295...

A team of researchers have identified Opioid Growth Factor (OGF) as a novel biomarker for the onset and progression of multiple sclerosis (MS)...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/study-identifies-biomarker-onset-and-progression-ms https://scontent.flhr4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21766520_1580767815295...

Researchers who have studied whether concussion in childhood or adolescence is associated with subsequent multiple sclerosis (MS) have found that a head trauma can raise the risk of developing the condition in the future...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/concussion-adolescence-can-raise-risk-ms htt...

Researchers at the University of Florida Health have found a way to inhibit or reverse multiple sclerosis (MS) using a novel gene therapy technique that stops the condition’s immune response in mice...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/gene-therapy-prevents-and-reverses-ms-mice-study https://scontent....

Scientists at Yale University have uncovered two closely related cytokines – molecules involved in cell communication and movement – that may explain why some people develop progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). The findings could lead the way to developing a novel treatment to prevent progressive fo...

More evidence that gut bacteria may play a key role in MS Two new studies from the U.S and Germany have added to growing evidence that gut bacteria may play a role in the brain inflammation caused by Multiple Sclerosis...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/more-evidence-gut-bacteria-may-play-key-role-ms

Examining vitamin D levels in the blood may help predict whether a person is at risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a large new study published in an online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/vitamin-d-...

New Zealand researchers have created a smartphone app that could help thousands of people with multiple sclerosis (MS)...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/researchers-launch-smartphone-app-msers https://scontent.flhr4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21462319_1563467913692157_1286778574912634570_n.png?oh=eb7...

Phase III trial shows Gileyna significantly reduces relapses in children and adolescents with MS A phase III Paradigms study in paediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) has met its primary end point, showing a significant reduction in the occurrence of relapses with Gileyna (also known as fingolimod) vers...

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Glandular fever associated with increased risk of MS across multiple ethnic groups According to research, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and a history of glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis) have been associated with an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) across a number of ethn...

The pancreas provides a potential drug candidate for brain disease Scientists conducting a mouse study have found that a substance secreted by the pancreas can promote the regeneration of the protective nerve coating that is damaged in multiple sclerosis (MS)...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/pancr...

The European Commission has approved Mavenclad, more commonly known as cladribine, for the treatment of highly active relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients across Europe...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/european-commissio ... cladribine

Researchers identify new nerve pathway linking brain inflammation and gut problems in MS A study carried out in an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS) has shown that chronic stress and inflammation in the brain can cause multiple organ problems including severe gut failure through a newly identi...

Study finds higher mortality from MS in British military personnel While analysing trends in occupational deaths in England and Wales, researchers noticed an unexpected elevated proportion of mortality rates as a result of multiple sclerosis (MS) among men in the armed forces...Read more - http://ww...