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| Addition of antibiotics to MS therapy could slow down progression of the disease
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| Researchers from Louisiana State University in the U.S. are suggesting that the addition of antibiotics to standard drug therapy for multiple sclerosis, may slow down the progress of the disease.
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December 11, 2007 |
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| Anti-inflammation molecule helps fight MS-like disease
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| An immune system messenger molecule that normally helps quiet inflammation could be an effective tool against multiple sclerosis (MS). Neurology researchers led by Abdolmohamad Rostami, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Neurology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience in Philadelphia, have found that the protein interkeukin-27 (IL-27) helped block the onset or reverse symptoms in animals with an MS-like disease.
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November 13, 2007 |
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| Assessing Heat Related Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
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| Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have been working on a method to gauge the severity of the Uhthoff's phenomenon, a symptomatic condition in multiple sclerosis patients in which increased body heat is exacerbating a number of symptoms like fatigue and motor deficiencies.
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March 20, 2008 |
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| Best Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis May Depend On Disease Subtype
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| Animal studies by University of Michigan scientists suggest that people who experience the same clinical signs of multiple sclerosis (MS) may have different forms of the disease that require different kinds of treatment.
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July 7, 2008 |
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| Bionomics and Merck Serono to collaborate to discover and develop novel, oral treatment for MS
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| Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced today that a Development and Licensing Agreement with Bionomics was signed, under which Merck Serono would develop new treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune conditions based on compounds from Bionomics Kv1.3 program.
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June 19, 2008 |
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| Caffeine Prevents Multiple Sclerosis-like Disease In Mice
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| Mice given caffeine equivalent to a human drinking six to eight cups of coffee a day were protected from developing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the animal model for the human disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS), according to researchers at Cornell University.
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April 8, 2008 |
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| Cancer Drug Helps Hard-to-Treat MS
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| Treatment Slows Disease Progression, Improves Physical Function.
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June 11, 2008 |
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| Cancer Drug Works Against MS in Early Trial
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| A drug originally designed to combat cancer that is now being used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus might also work against a common form of multiple sclerosis.
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February 13, 2008 |
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| Cell therapies for diabetes, cancer
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| Therapies using stem cell transplants are advancing promising treatments for such conditions as Alzheimer's Disease, neurological diseases and spinal cord injury, and heart disease.
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March 21, 2008 |
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| CNN Heroes: Battling MS with Kevin Bacon
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| When Robin Maxwell started feeling numbness and tingling in her legs in the fall of 2006, she wasn't overly concerned.
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October 11, 2007 |
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| Combination Therapy Including Antibiotics May Be Beneficial For Multiple Sclerosis
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| A preliminary study suggests that combining a medication currently used to treat multiple sclerosis with an antibiotic may slow the progress of the disease.
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December 17, 2007 |
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| Coming to Terms With MS
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| We asked readers of the Multiple Sclerosis newsletter to tell us about their lives with MS.
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| Disease Activity Increases After MS Patients Stop Drug
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| People with multiple sclerosis who stop taking the drug natalizumab may experience a rebound increase in disease activity, according to a study published September 12, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology™, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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September 14, 2007 |
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| DNA Vaccine Against Multiple Sclerosis Appears Safe, Potentially Beneficial
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| A newly developed DNA vaccine appears safe and may produce beneficial changes in the brains and immune systems of individuals with multiple sclerosis, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the October 2007 print issue of Archives of Neurology.
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August 13, 2007 |
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| DNA vaccines may offer hope in multiple sclerosis
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| Authors from the VA North Texas Health Care System Neurology Section and the Department of Neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have highlighted the potential benefits for DNA-based vaccine administration in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
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April 24, 2008 |
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| Experimental MS Drug Shows Promise, Offers New Window On Disease, Study Shows
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| A drug therapy currently used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis had a significant effect in treating the most common form of multiple sclerosis in a small, short-term clinical trial.
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February 16, 2008 |
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| Eye Test Peers Into Heat-related Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
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| A bodysuit that heats or cools a patient, combined with painless measurements of eye movements, is providing multiple sclerosis researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center with a new tool to study the mysterious link between body temperature and severity of MS symptoms.
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March 23, 2008 |
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| Fish Oil Might Help Relieve MS
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| Fish oil containing omega-3 fatty acids could benefit multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
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August 24, 2007 |
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| FNC's Janice Dean Reveals Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis
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| Diagnosed two-and-a-half years ago with multiple sclerosis, Dean recently made the decision to go public with her condition.
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March 9, 2008 |
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| Genes That Affect Responses Of Multiple Sclerosis Patients To Copaxone Identified
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| A group of Israeli scientists from the Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology, the Weizmann Institute of Science and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries have recently identified genes responsible for the positive response of many multiple sclerosis patients to the drug Copaxone®.
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October 11, 2007 |
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| Genetic Differences May Help Explain Response To Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
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| By comparing the DNA of patients with multiple sclerosis whose symptoms are reduced by interferon beta therapy to the DNA of those who continue to experience relapses, researchers may have identified important genetic differences between the two, according to a new article. These differences could eventually be used to help predict which treatments will help which patients.
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January 17, 2008 |
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| Hepatitis B Vaccine Not Associated With Childhood Multiple Sclerosis
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| Vaccinating against the hepatitis B virus does not appear to be associated with the risk of developing multiple sclerosis in childhood, according to a new article.
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December 4, 2007 |
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| More brains needed to beat multiple sclerosis
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| Researchers believe the MS Brain Bank, a new facility based at the University of Sydney for the collection of brain tissue, could significantly advance our understanding of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
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February 4, 2008 |
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| MS Patients Say Mobility Is Top Problem
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| But Surveys Show Many Multiple Sclerosis Patients Don't Discuss Walking Trouble With Doctor
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April 10, 2008 |
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| MS That Runs In Families Appears More Severe Than Non-familial MS
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| Magnetic resonance images (MRI) of a large group of patients with multiple sclerosis has provided the first evidence that those with a history of MS in their families show more severe brain damage than patients who have no close relatives with the disease.
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October 14, 2007 |
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| Multiple Sclerosis Can Affect Children's IQ, Thinking Skills
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| Multiple sclerosis (MS) typically starts in young adulthood, but about five percent of cases start in childhood or the teen years. Children with MS are at risk to exhibit low IQ scores and problems with memory, attention and other thinking skills.
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May 13, 2008 |
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| New Therapeutic Target For Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis
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| The researchers believe that the molecule, which is expressed by the endothelial cells of the brain, constitutes a novel target to restrict migration of immune cells to the brain, thereby dampening neuroinflammation and decreasing the lesions characteristic of MS. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of brain inflammation is essential in the development of new treatments for MS.
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January 24, 2008 |
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| Oral Drug Reduces Disease Activity In Multiple Sclerosis
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| A drug that can be taken orally reduces the number of attacks people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have, according to new research.
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April 19, 2008 |
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| Prozac May Help Curb Disease Activity In Multiple Sclerosis
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| The antidepressant Prozac may help to curb disease activity in the relapsing remitting form of multiple sclerosis (MS), reveals preliminary research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
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May 2, 2008 |
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| Simple Eye Scan Opens Window To Multiple Sclerosis
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| A five-minute eye exam might prove to be an inexpensive and effective way to gauge and track the debilitating neurological disease multiple sclerosis, potentially complementing costly magnetic resonance imaging to detect brain shrinkage - a characteristic of the disease's progression.
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October 15, 2007 |
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| Smoking Marijuana Impairs Cognitive Function In MS Patients
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| People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who smoke marijuana are more likely to have emotional and memory problems, according to new research.
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February 14, 2008 |
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| Stress, Violence May Make MS Worse
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| Bullying Makes Viral Infection, Multiple Sclerosis Worse in Mice.
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August 17, 2007 |
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| Study: Pill Slows Effects of Multiple Sclerosis
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| There is good news for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS).
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June 23, 2008 |
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