Clinical Research

MS Research Roundup: September 29, 2014

Undiagnosed Sleep Disorders in MS; False Hits Foil Drug Discovery; Myelin Through the Ages; Yoga for MS; Neuroscience Ig Nobel Prize

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

Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Methods

What’s the Role of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein in NMO?

Researchers are working to refine a cell-based assay that more accurately identifies antibodies for myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) in the serum of patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. Some think that anti-MOG-positive patients may even represent a distinct demyelinating disease.

Scientists understand neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders far better now than when they were...

Clinical Research

The Paradox of Daclizumab

Phase 3 results show that daclizumab reduces disease activity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by half compared with interferon, as measured by brain imaging, with skin and other side effects. The drug works in surprising ways that are revealing new details about the pathogenesis of MS.

Three might be the lucky number for daclizumab, an investigational drug for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis with...

Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Meetings

MS Research Roundup: September 22, 2014

#MSBoston2014 Special Edition; Collected Meeting News & Videos; Video Games & Cognitive Function; Measuring Neurodegeneration With Retinal Thinning

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

Clinical Research, Meetings

Talking to Reporters: 13 Tips for Researchers

It’s easy to get jaded about the state of science journalism these days. But there are a lot of us who want to do right by science, and here’s how you can help.

At a hot topics session at the ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS joint meeting in Boston, a talk about...

Clinical Research, Laboratory Research

ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS 2014 -- Day 4

The meeting's final day featured late breakers, the closing lecture, and two masterful summaries of research highlights

Last day of #ACTRIMS #ECTRIMS 2day! L8 breaking news & closing plenary-awards...