News Briefs | 5 Dec 2013 Nature Medicine Retracts MS Paper With Ghost Data by Former GSK Researcher Adam Marcus, Retraction Watch Nearly 6 months after first expressing concern about the validity of a 2010 paper on... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
Blogs | 4 Dec 2013 MS Patient, Ph.D.: First Trip to the Frontline My experience as an immunologist diagnosed with MS Griselda Zuccarino-Catania, Ph.D. I received my training as a Ph.D. student working in an immunology lab on the medical campus of a major research university, so I never expected... People Comment1 commentRecommendBookmark
Blogs | 4 Dec 2013 MS Patient, Ph.D. A new blog series Robert Finn Today we begin a new feature here at MSDF: a series of blog posts we’re calling... Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Methods, People Comment2 commentsRecommend2 members recommendBookmark
News Briefs | 4 Dec 2013 Study Reveals New Facets of NMO Pathophysiology Blood-brain barrier modeled in coculture system Stephani Sutherland, Ph.D. Once thought to be a variant of multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica bears similar pathophysiology to... Laboratory Research, Meetings Comment1 commentRecommendBookmark
New Findings | 3 Dec 2013 High Noon at the Th17 Corral Inflammatory immune cells in mice keep time with circadian clock Carol Cruzan Morton The fate of one of the key inflammatory immune cell types implicated in the brain attacks that result in multiple sclerosis is tied to... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
News Briefs | 27 Nov 2013 Early-Detection Probe for MS Exploits Coagulation Protein An activatable cell-penetrating peptide accumulates with thrombin activity in EAE mice Stephani Sutherland, Ph.D. Researchers reported that they have developed an early-detection system for MS that could soon be used to... Laboratory Research, Meetings, Methods CommentRecommendBookmark
News Briefs | 18 Nov 2013 Anti-Inflammatory Apolipoprotein May Protect Against MS Symptoms ApoA1-deficient mice have worse symptoms than wild-type mice in the EAE model of MS Stephani Sutherland, Ph.D. Apolipoprotein A1, a major component of high-density lipoprotein—otherwise known as good cholesterol—provides... Laboratory Research, Meetings CommentRecommendBookmark
Blogs | 18 Nov 2013 National MS Society Partners With Accelerated Cure Project Online Forum to Drive Progress Society providing funding for MS Discovery Forum to drive research connections in progressive MS for researchers and clinicians Bob Finn The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is partnering with the Accelerated Cure Project's Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum... Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Meetings, Methods, People CommentRecommendBookmark
News Briefs | 14 Nov 2013 New NARCOMS Analysis Focuses on Symptom-Specific Impairment A new symptom-specific analysis of data from the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis registry offers insights on MS progression Steven Fox Patients and clinicians looking to assess comparative progression of MS-related disability in individual cases have... Clinical Research CommentRecommendBookmark
New Findings | 12 Nov 2013 New Pathogen Linked to MS Gut microbe releases toxin to brain in sheep Carol Cruzan Morton In a story both familiar and new, researchers have nominated a fresh candidate to the slate of proposed... Clinical Research Comment1 commentRecommendBookmark