Editors' Pick
MS Patient, Ph.D.: MS and Vitamin D: What’s a Patient to Do?
In the face of suggestive but inconclusive studies, Emily Willingham explains why she chooses to take 5,000 IU of vitamin D daily and vows to stop declining her mother’s offer of cod liver oil
The answer is easy for me: When I first started having symptoms, no one tested my...
Clinical Research, People
Teriflunomide Gets High Marks in Yet Another Phase 3 Trial
This placebo-controlled phase 3 study of oral teriflunomide for patients with relapsing MS concluded, as have previous studies, that the disease-modifying agent is safe and efficacious
Evidence continues to accumulate that the disease-modifying agent teriflunomide may be a good option for...
Clinical Research
Sex Differences in MS Are Genetic, Not Just Hormonal
In contrast to their influence on immune system reactivity, female chromosomes confer protection to the central nervous system
When it comes to sex differences, multiple sclerosis presents a paradox: Although women are more likely to...
Laboratory Research
MS Research Roundup: January 31, 2014
New Molecule for Myelin Repair in Mice; Synapses Under Fire; New Dose for Copaxone; Mind-Altering Microbes
Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...
Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research
Papers: 24 Jan 2014 - 31 Jan 2014
MS Research Roundup: January 29, 2014
B Cells for MS Diagnosis; More Research Needed on Laquinimod for European Regulators; Update on Toxin Trigger; New Way to Distribute Public Research Funds
Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...
Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Meetings, Methods, People
Editors' Pick
'Strikingly' Lower Familial Risk of MS Seen
This population-based study of more than 28,000 Swedish citizens with multiple sclerosis found strikingly lower ratios of familial recurrence of the disease compared with most previous studies
A new population-based study of people with multiple sclerosis has found what the authors term...
Clinical Research
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