Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system erroneously attacks a protective insulation that surrounds neurons ...

A group of international experts is proposing a first-of-its-kind framework to prevent multiple sclerosis (MS) from ...

The Epstein-Barr virus and a high-risk gene may work together to trick the immune system into attacking the brain in MS, a ...

Some research suggests that people with multiple sclerosis are at a higher risk of atherosclerosis. An increased risk hasn’t been established, and we don’t know how MS might increase the risk. Having ...

The immune system's reaction to the common Epstein-Barr virus can ultimately damage the brain and contribute to multiple ...

Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis arise when the immune system turns against the body itself. Yet for most of ...

Smoking is an established risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). Smoking also worsens the course of disease for people who already have MS. MS is an inflammatory disease that involves the breakdown ...

Our results provide mechanistic evidence that immune responses to EBV can directly damage the brain in MS,” said Olivia Thomas, PhD, assistant professor at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at ...

Many people with multiple sclerosis struggle with balance and coordination, and this study uncovers a hidden reason why.

MS involves both inflammation and neurodegeneration from the outset, not just one after the other. B-cells, a type of immune cell, are now understood to be critical drivers of the disease, a major ...

Artificial intelligence (AI), using a simple blood test combined with standard brain images has, for the first time, been ...