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31st January 2019

Stem-cell therapy puts the brakes on MS

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New data reveal the power of stem-cell transplantation in slowing or even halting disease progression in patients with RRMS, thereby reinvigorating further exploration of cellular treatments in MS. The findings…

Peter Stevenson, PhD
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25th January 2019

‘Leaky’ blood vessels linked to Alzheimer’s

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Leaky blood vessels in the brain appear to be a driver of cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease, a new study reports. The research, published in Nature Medicine, followed 161 older…

Peter Stevenson, PhD
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18th January 2019

Acting fast on atrial fibrillation

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Early detection of atrial fibrillation – the next breakthrough in health and wearable technology? Johnson & Johnson, in collaboration with Apple Inc., just announced plans to investigate the use of…

Carlotta Foletti, PhD
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30th November 2018

Gene therapy shows promise in Parkinson’s disease

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Interim results from a Phase Ib trial show that gene therapy may reduce the need for medication in patients with Parkinson’s disease refractory to levodopa. The investigational therapy is designed…

Mea Holm, PhD
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29th October 2018

Herpes and Alzheimer’s: Trigger or symptom?

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A new review article, published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, has offered fresh evidence in support of a link between the Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV1) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD).…

Peter Stevenson, PhD
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19th October 2018

Cognitive impairment in MS

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Up to 70% of MS patients suffer from cognitive decline, which often has a profound impact on an individual’s quality of life. It is little surprise that MS researchers are…

Mea Holm, PhD
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16th October 2018

Serum neurofilament light: A biomarker for disease activity in MS

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How close are we to establishing a reliable liquid biomarker for detecting disease onset, progression and treatment response in multiple sclerosis? According to Dr Peter Calabresi (Johns Hopkins, USA) at…

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15th October 2018

Results from the MS-SMART trial unveiled

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Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) is known to be extremely difficult to treat; there are no effective therapies for halting or reversing disability progression in the late disease phase. In…

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15th October 2018

De-risking PML: A conversation with Prof. Walter Atwood

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We interviewed Professor Walter Atwood last week at the 2018 ECTRIMS congress in Berlin, Germany, to learn about advances in treating progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) – an important treatment-associated infection…

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12th October 2018

Fighting neurodegeneration in MS

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The pathology of multiple sclerosis (MS) involves not only the loss of myelin sheets around the axons of neurons, but also the fragmentation of the axons themselves. At ECTRIMS 2018,…

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