Tweet Immunologists are rather dogmatic and prescriptive and the mantra these days is that disease is driven by TH17 CD4 T cells and it is controled by T regulatory cells….I say Yarn because this is the current dogma and we get fed this idea over and over again. There are studies that look at T…
Category: Multiple Sclerosis Research
Myelin damage scrambles brain communication, mouse study finds
Myelin, the protective coating that helps nerve signals travel quickly and efficiently, also plays a key role in the precise timing of communication between brain cells, a new study from scientists in the Netherlands shows. In a mouse model, the researchers found that the loss of myelin disrupted the coordination of signals between different brain…
2025 Year in Review Through Bingo
By Stacie Prada December is the perfect time to reflect on how the past year measured up to hopes and goals. In January, I created a 2025 Bingo card that reflected various priorities I have. It proved useful and motivating … Continue reading → Source: blog.mymsaa.org
Can music therapy make MS spasticity injections less painful?
A clinical trial testing whether music therapy can make botulinum toxin injections for spasticity more tolerable for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions is enrolling participants at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital in France. The study’s protocol was published in PLOS One, in a paper titled, “Musical intervention to reduce stress during botulinum toxin injection…
Ramadan and MS
Tweet You can read the conclusions Nourmohammad A, Zorriyeh-Sheikhali M, Sanaie S, Naseri A. Ramadan fasting in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2025 Dec 8;106:106920. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2025.106920. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41389459. Background and aims: During Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims should abstain from eating, drinking, smoking,…
Eating more oily fish, wholegrain bread may help reduce MS risk
Eating more oily fish and wholegrain or wholemeal bread may help reduce a person’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study that used data from a large U.K. database. The findings contribute to growing evidence showing that diet is “a potentially modifiable factor in MS onset and [also] progression,” the researchers…
Sanofi’s experimental MS therapy tolebrutinib suffers twin setbacks
Following negative Phase 3 trial results, Sanofi announced that it will not be pursuing approval of its experimental therapy tolebrutinib for primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). Meanwhile, a decision from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on tolebrutinib’s use in nonrelapsing secondary progressive MS (SPMS) is likely to be delayed again, the company said. Sanofi had…
The season of letting go of the curated self that MS helped build
There’s a kind of loneliness that comes from being almost understood — close enough for someone to recognize your outline, but not close enough to feel your weight. It’s a loneliness that doesn’t creep in all at once. It settles slowly, the way dust gathers on a shelf you thought you’d already wiped clean. For…
From our CEO
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Connection, hope and agency: our Community Day with MS Queensland at the MS Australia Conference
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