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Multiple Sclerosis world first in New Zealand study

 

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Carers 'need more financial help'

The government must give more...
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Teva sues Novartis, Momenta over Multiple Sclerosis drug Copaxone patent

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd sued Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG and Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc on Thursday, accusing them of infringing patents on its multiple...
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Avonex(R) long-term follow-up study in Multiple Sclerosis patients completes enrollment

Biogen Idec announced that enrollment is complete in the ASSURANCE trial, a long-term follow-up study which will assess up to 15 years of Avonex(R) (interferon beta-1a) treatment in an effort...
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Derbyshire Positive Support

Derbyshire Positive Support aims to support people who are HIV positive, their partners, families, friends and carers. We provide education, information and advice to people with the condition...
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Multiple Sclerosis drug may work against viral infection

 

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European Medicines Agency Update On Progressive Multifocalleukoencephalopathy (PML) And Tysabri

At the end of July 2008, the European Medicines...
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MBP8298 - Eli Lilly funds $10 Million towards Maestro-01 Multiple Sclerosis trial

 BioMS Medical Corp, says drug giant Eli Lilly and Co...
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High risk of conversion to multiple sclerosis predicted by gene activity

Scientists have identified a pattern of gene activity that predicts which patients who experience the first clinical symptoms of multiple sclerosis - known as clinically isolated syndrome - are at...
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Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre Everyclick Charity Websearch Engine Launched

As from August 1st 2008 MSRC has teamed with Everyclick to create a Websearch...
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Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre Chatroom Sessions for week commencing 4th August 2008.

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Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre Chatroom Sessions for week commencing 4th August 2008.

We are holding 3 scheduled...
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New Multiple Sclerosis Centre in Scotland

A new centre for the research of Multiple Sclerosis has been set up in Scotland - the MS Society and Edinburgh University Centre for Translational Research has been established with the support of...
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Possible new trigger for Multiple Sclerosis found

 

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Vibrogym Auction in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre

Win a Vibrogym Domestic in our auction. Over the next two months you will be able to bid for a Vibrogym Domestic valued at £3000.

The highest bid received by 9.00am...
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Hope for Multiple Sclerosis sufferers as city scientist nears breakthrough

An Edinburgh scientist is nearing a breakthrough that will revolutionise the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and change the lives of generations of future sufferers. Edinburgh University's...
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Experiences of diagnosis and treatment among people with multiple sclerosis

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this qualitative study was to examine patients' experiences of being read more

Brain cells may regenerate after damage from multiple sclerosis

Brian cells in areas targeted by multiple sclerosis may regenerate - often years after the initial injury, according to research by a team of Cleveland Clinic neuroscientists.

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MIT identifies cells for spinal-cord repair, could lead to Multiple Sclerosis treatment

A researcher at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has pinpointed stem cells within the spinal cord that, if persuaded to differentiate into more healing cells and fewer...
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Multiple sclerosis and cannabis - a cognitive and psychiatric study

Background: A significant minority of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) use cannabis, yet no study has examined the possible effects on mentation. Here, we...
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Vitamin D, hope for a new disease fighter for Multiple Sclerosis

In a Newark laboratory, researchers watch as mice stricken with multiple sclerosis suddenly walk. They peer into microscopes and see the growth of breast cancer...
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Are you up to the Grim Challenge?

 

MSRC are delighted to announce the addition of a brand...
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NHS 'failing' multiple sclerosis patients

Just over a third of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have access to the recommended rehabilitation services, according to a study published today.

The research revealed other...
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Update on Copaxone FORTE Trial in Multiple Sclerosis

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced top-line results from a Phase III study designed to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of glatiramer acetate (GA) 40mg as compared to the...
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Possibility of distinct types of disease in Multiple sclerosis patients with same symptoms

Results raise prospects for tailoring treatments for patients with MS.

Animal studies by University of Michigan scientists suggest that people who...
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Multiple Sclerosis patients to get personal NHS budgets

Patients with conditions like multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease will have their own NHS budgets to buy the care they think is best for them.

The personalised NHS budgets will be...
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ATL/TV1102 reduces disease activity in multiple sclerosis patients

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Antisense Therapeutics Ltd. announced that anti-sense drug, ATL/TV1102, significantly reduced disease activity in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple...
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Ancient Retrovirus May Contribute to Multiple Sclerosis

Smoldering Infections of Two Common Viruses EBV and HHV-6 Cause Inherited Retrovirus Genes to Activate.

Brigitte Huber, PhD, of the Tufts University School of Medicine...
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One In Three UK GPs Not Confident In Spotting Multiple Sclerosis

Research published by the MS Society has revealed that one in three GPs is unsure how to spot the signs of multiple sclerosis (MS).

The report undertaken by Brand Health...
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Revimmune® Shows Unprecedented Results in Multiple Sclerosis

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that researchers from Johns Hopkins University have published encouraging results from a two-year study evaluating the...
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Scientists create molecule that causes nerve stem cells to mature

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center claim to have made a small molecule that stimulates nerve stem cells to begin maturing into nerve cells in culture. The...
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Multiple Sclerosis sufferer wins suicide challenge

Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy has won permission to bring a High Court challenge to clarify the law on assisted suicide.

The 45-year-old...
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Exciting Launch of Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre Film

Thursday 12th June at 13.55pm on The Community Channel will see the first public showing of the new MSRC film. The film is a result of a collaboration between MSRC, The Media Trust and an...
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Cyclophosphamide promising against multiple sclerosis

Treatment with an immune-suppressing drug may help people with the incurable disease multiple sclerosis, researchers say. Their small study showed that treatment with high doses of cyclophosphamide...
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Multiple Sclerosis: early treatment can delay progression of the disease

ENS Meeting 2008 - Some patients do not have access to effective modern treatments.

The latest findings in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases are under discussion...
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Neurologically Impaired Mice Improve After Receiving Human Stem Cells

Scientists report a dramatic success in what may be the first documented rescue of a congenital brain disorder by transplantation of human neural stem cells. The research, published by Cell Press...
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T regulatory cells that inhibit multiple sclerosis that are not T reg

Multiple sclerosis is mediated by autoimmune T cell responses against components of the myelin basic sheath, for example myelin basic protein, myelin oligodendrocyte...
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Christine's Tysabri Diary Update - Infusion No. 9

Christine has kindly sent in her latest Tysabri Diary, you can read it at MSRC...
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CASP launches

Welcome!  The Coalition of Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients (CASP) is an organisation founded by people with AS to co-ordinate campaigning activities on behalf of AS patients...
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Leeds grandad breaks drug law to tackle multiple sclerosis

This man is so ill he spends days in agony and can barely walk. But under a recent Government decision he could be jailed for FIVE YEARS for using the only drug that...
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Alastair Hignell, patron of the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre, retires from rugby commentary

Alastair Hignell, BBC Radio 5 Live rugby union commentator, retired following the Guinness Premiership final between Wasps and Leicester on Saturday.

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Specialist multiple sclerosis team set up in Dundee

A specialist team has been created to help people in Dundee with multiple sclerosis (MS). The group, which is described as the first of its kind in Scotland, features a social worker...
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Significant Barriers Prevent People with MS from Fully Committing to Treatment Regimen

Nearly all people (97 percent) with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have started treatment say their commitment to managing their disease in every way possible is their prime motivation for...
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Lupus drug to be tested as Multiple Sclerosis treatment

Human Genome Sciences said its lupus treatment, LymphoStat-B, could be effective in treating multiple sclerosis because it inhibits a protein found in high levels in the disease's lesions. As...
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Israeli team developing Multiple Sclerosis drug revolution

Could multiple sclerosis patients be spared the needle? A team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem thinks it's possible. The team, headed by Prof. Elka Touitou, has developed a way to...
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Novartis Wins European Approval for Multiple Sclerosis Drug

Novartis has announced that the European Commission has approved Extavia for the treatment of early and relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. The drug is said to be...
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Study of islanders’ DNA to seek clues for a cure to Multiple Sclerosis

A groundbreaking study of Scots' DNA is being launched to discover why the nation has the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world.

It is...
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New research shows exercise lifts Muliple Sclerosis symptoms

Contradicting old research that says exercise is harmful for people with multiple sclerosis, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is now promoting exercise as a way of alleviating symptoms of...
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MSRC On The Web

MSRC On the Web

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MSRC Chatroom Sessions for Week commencing 12th May

MSRC Chatroom Sessions for week commencing 12th May 2008.

We are holding 3 scheduled, moderated chatroom sessions...
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Multiple Sclerosis Patients - Effects of UK Cannabis Reclassification Decision

Contrary to the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the Home Secretary, Jackie Smith, has announced that from 2009 cannabis will be reclassified from a Class C drug to a...
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