Women with RRMS who use combined oral contraceptives tend to have less severe disease, although the retrospective study could not establish causation

Serum from relapsing MS patients reduced cultured brain cells’ expression of tight junction molecules and increased the expression of cell adhesion molecules that promote cytokine-activated leukocyte migration. If these serum factors are also present in plasma or whole blood, the research raises questions about the safety of blood donations from people with MS.

Stem Cells Help Mice Walk; Cooling the Immune Response

A study in a mouse model of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis suggests that a nasal vaccine that regulates innate immunity may halt clinical disease and neurodegeneration