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Australian study probes how genetic variants combine to cause MS

A researcher at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Australia has received funding from MS Australia to uncover how genetic risk factors contribute to multiple sclerosis (MS). Hamish King, PhD, will use the AU$400,000 (about $281,000) grant to investigate how more than 100 genetic changes…

This MS advocate has turned her weakness into strength

In recognition of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month in March, the MS Awareness Month campaign features a series of stories highlighting the real-life experiences of people affected by MS, written in their own words. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, and Pinterest for more stories like…

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Tweet We are sorry for the interruption. This is caused by our lack of  technical support and the fact that payment for domain names had not occurred locking you and also us out of wordpress.  It was a decision to move the blog from blogger…

Truly banal worries haunt me

Back in the heyday of my career pre-medical retirement, I made an amazingly good living for myself. Years of hard work in the cut-throat world of advertising landed me in a place where money was abundant and never a worry. What a blessing to live…

MS: a life filled with paradoxes

Despite my urgency to find my footing in a world transformed by MS, I found myself in need of time and space to delve deeply within, to re-establish myself amidst an onslaught of new normals. Adapting to something so wildly unpredictable, the relentless cycle of…

How I became an advocate for young people with MS

In recognition of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month in March, the MS Awareness Month campaign features a series of stories highlighting the real-life experiences of people affected by MS, written in their own words. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, and Pinterest for more stories like…

tolebrutinib extension study

Tweet Oh J, Fox RJ, Arnold DL, Syed S, Dukovic D, Vargas WS, Turner TJ, Underwood CF, Long TM, Traboulsee AL, Reich DS. Tolebrutinib Phase 2b Long-Term Extension Study: Two-Year Safety, MRI, and Clinical Efficacy Outcomes in Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Patients. Neurol Open…

Starting at age 8, MS has been the invisible illness invading my life

In recognition of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month in March, the MS Awareness Month campaign features a series of stories highlighting the real-life experiences of people affected by MS, written in their own words. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, and Pinterest for more stories like…

How does EBV cause MS?

Tweet In this latest offering from the Great and the Good we get their offering of the current neuroimmunological prespective Act 1. They tell us that “EBV has been associated with various autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)…