Resisting Arrest Regulatory T cells outmatched in active disease If immunology had its own comic book series, a recurring MS story line would pit... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
Spinal Vision Advanced MRI measures discern disability levels better than standard techniques Brain scans routinely help doctors diagnose MS, but the discrepancy between the amount of visibly damaged tissue and... Laboratory Research, Methods CommentRecommendBookmark
Bad Presentation Researchers identify cells that might incite nerve-damaging T cells in MS T cells don’t go rogue without provocation. Researchers have now fingered the cells that might... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
Pregnancy’s Secret Weapon? Estrogen-derived molecule could dampen MS Unlike weight gain and swollen feet, one side effect of pregnancy comes as a welcome relief for... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
Conducting Neural Dissonance Ion channel promotes neurodegeneration in mice Inappropriate immune activity has occupied center stage in the study of MS, but clinical symptoms... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
Enzyme, Exposed MALT1 emerges as a potentially druggable target for MS In experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and perhaps in multiple sclerosis, too, T helper 17 cells... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
Benign MS Expresses Itself Patients who’ve received controversial diagnosis show unique gene-activity profile Benign multiple sclerosis may sound like a contradiction in terms, but some patients... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
Foreseeing the Future? Molecular signature might predict likelihood of relapse Two women age 30 with a loss of vision in one eye can each learn that they have MS in... Clinical Research, Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
Why TH17 Cells Turn to the Dark Side Study identifies protein that spurs potential MS culprit to become pathogenic Whenever a criminal gets arrested, everyone asks why he went bad. Was it his upbringing? Did he... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark
Brain booster Fingolimod’s effects include neuronal production of BDNF Side effects can sideline even the most successful drug. For fingolimod (Gilenya), the first oral therapy... Laboratory Research CommentRecommendBookmark