Laboratory Research

MS Discovery Forum to Suspend Publication

Lack of funding ends new content, but archive remains open and free.

We are announcing important changes at MS Discovery Forum. After July, MSDF will suspend new content creation and publishing activities.

Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Meetings, Methods, People

Old Drug Performs New Trick

In what may be the first demonstration of myelin repair in people with multiple sclerosis, an old antihistamine shows modest improvement in the function of chronically demyelinated optic nerves.

Thanks in part to a close collaboration between a scientist and a physician, the prospect of...

Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Meetings

Episode 98 with Dr. David Baker on the use of animal models in medical research

Animal models can be instrumental in informing our knowledge and treatment of human disease -- when they're used correctly, that is. Dr. David Baker (aka the "Mouse Doctor") returns for part 2 of his interview, sharing his tips for the correct use of EAE and models in general.

<

Drug Development, Laboratory Research

Episode 95 with Dr. Michael Levy on T cells in neuromyelitis optica

The discovery of pathogenic antibodies led to an important new understanding of NMO and its diagnosis -- could T cells hold the key to the treatment of this disease?

<

Laboratory Research

Episode 79 with Dr. Nancy Monson on a diagnostic test to predict future risk for relapsing MS

Wouldn't it be great to be able to predict who will develop MS? A new diagnostic test based on mutated antibody genes in B cells can identify patients with clinically isolated syndrome who are at high risk of converting to relapsing MS.

Clinical Research, Laboratory Research

Episode 74 with Dr. Markus Reindl on anti-MOG antibodies & pediatric demyelinating diseases.

Recent research suggests new roles for an old biomarker, autoantibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, or MOG, a protein component of myelin. Among the new findings, these anti-MOG antibodies are particularly important in pediatric demyelinating diseases.

Clinical Research, Laboratory Research

Episode 73 with Dr. Donna Osterhout on the dynamics of myelin-making cells

New insights into how myelin-making cells undergo their radical shape changes may pave the way toward new therapeutic agents to repair demyelinated axons and restore function in diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

Laboratory Research, Meetings

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

Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...

Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Meetings, People

Taking Studies of Sex Differences to the Next Level

It is now over a year since the announcement of a new National Institutes of Health policy to encourage...

Multiple sclerosis affects about three times more women than men, but pregnancy can protect against relapses, and MS in men tends to worsen faster. These naturally occurring sex differences could lead to new treatments—if they don’t stall on the way to the clinic.

Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research

Will Death in French Drug Trial Lead to Tighter Phase 1 Rules?

While regulators are trying to figure out what went wrong, independent chemists have dug into the mechanism of what may have been a "dirty" drug

January saw one of the worst drug trial debacles in memory, when a healthy volunteer participating...

Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research

Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum

Inspiring Connections

Utility Navigation

User Top Menu

MS Discovery Forum to Suspend Publication

Old Drug Performs New Trick

Episode 98 with Dr. David Baker on the use of animal models in medical research

Episode 95 with Dr. Michael Levy on T cells in neuromyelitis optica

Episode 79 with Dr. Nancy Monson on a diagnostic test to predict future risk for relapsing MS

Episode 74 with Dr. Markus Reindl on anti-MOG antibodies & pediatric demyelinating diseases.

Episode 73 with Dr. Donna Osterhout on the dynamics of myelin-making cells

MS Research Roundup: 27 February 2016

Taking Studies of Sex Differences to the Next Level

Will Death in French Drug Trial Lead to Tighter Phase 1 Rules?

Pages

MSDF Footer

Search form

Laboratory Research

Pages