Scientists have uncovered a concerning link between something as common as table salt and one of medicine’s most puzzling autoimmune conditions. A groundbreaking study published in Science ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease caused by the interaction between environmental factors, such as high dietary salt intake, and genetic risk factors. When regulatory T cells, ...

A meta-analysis of 3 case-controlled MS studies showed an association between susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) and the vitamin D pathway. Genetic variation in vitamin D receptor (VDR) binding ...

People with multiple sclerosis appear to have higher rates of thyroid problems than the general population. The link isn’t clear, but shared pathways and MS medication side effects may play a role. MS ...

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has committed $18.1 million in multi-year funding to support research projects aligned with its Pathways to Cures roadmap that focuses on three critical areas: ...

An international team of researchers led by Professor Dr. Lucas Schirmer and Professor Dr. Julio Saez-Rodriguez from the Mannheim and Heidelberg Medical Faculties of Heidelberg University has ...

Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the fatty sheath that covers nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Chronic ...

The astroglia (a class of neural cells) of patients with MS overproduce a channel protein known as connexin 43. This overproduction facilitates the release of pro-inflammatory chemicals that trigger a ...

During this period of ongoing health system reform, leaders from across the sector must prioritise delivering a future-ready, patient-focused multiple sclerosis care pathway Dr Ayesha Girach, Medical ...