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News Briefs | 8 Mar 2016

Researchers Spill the Beans

An epidemiological link between coffee and MS raises new questions for future research

Carol Cruzan Morton
Coffee—a lot of it—is linked to a lower risk of multiple sclerosis, finds...
Clinical Research, Methods
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News Briefs | 27 Feb 2016

MS Research Roundup: 27 February 2016

FDA Fast-Tracks PPMS Drug Review; Molecular Target Runs Out of Air; Happy Accidents in the Lab; New Twist on Patient-Powered Research

Carol Cruzan Morton & Stephani Sutherland
Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...
Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Meetings, People
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News Briefs | 7 Jan 2016

MS Research Roundup: 8 January 2016

Mind-Body Evidence in MS; Your MS Research Playlist; This Bike Has MS & Kiss Goodbye to MS

Carol Cruzan Morton & Stephani Sutherland
Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...
Clinical Research, People
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News Briefs | 16 Oct 2015

MS Research Roundup: October 16, 2015

Highlights from the 2015 meeting of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) in Barcelona: B-Cell Bashing Ocrelizumab; New Outcome Measure for Daclizumab

Carol Cruzan Morton
Items of interest in multiple sclerosis research from around the Web...
Clinical Research, Drug Development, Meetings
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News Briefs | 2 Mar 2015

MS Research Roundup: March 2, 2015

Second PML Case With Fingolimod; Canadian Mesenchymal Stem Cell Trial Set to Go; Charcot Winner: Giancarlo Comi; #GOOB Art; Private Science Funding

Cynthia McKelvey and Carol Cruzan Morton
Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...
Clinical Research, People
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News Briefs | 18 Feb 2015

MS Research Roundup: February 18, 2015

Carbon Nanoparticles for MS; #HackMS Stands for Big Data and More; Restoring Myelin in Irradiated Brains; Lemon Verbena for MS Tea Time

Carol Cruzan Morton and Cynthia McKelvey
Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...
Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research
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News Briefs | 12 Feb 2015

Low CD8+ T Cell Counts Found With Dimethyl Fumarate

A recent study found that patients taking dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) had low counts of CD8+ T cells, though their overall levels of lymphocytes were within the normal range. The findings suggest that physicians may want to monitor specific lymphocyte levels in addition to doing full blood cell counts.

Cynthia McKelvey
In November 2014, Biogen Idec confirmed its first case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a rare brain infection, in...
Clinical Research
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News Briefs | 11 Feb 2015

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in MS: Third Study Reports Positive Results

Researchers in Italy released results from a randomized, controlled, multicenter phase 2 trial of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Their regimen led to significant reduction in T2-weighted lesions and annualized relapse rate.

Cynthia McKelvey
The battle of the conditioning regimens rages on as yet another article boasting successful results from...
Clinical Research

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