2013 Melbourne Brain Centre Symposium Presentation MStranslate October 21, 2013 Presentations For those who are interested, here is the presentation we delivered at the Melbourne Brain Centre Symposium in November 2013. It outlines the role of social media in science communication and the key...
Melbourne Brain Centre Symposium 2013 Dinner MStranslate October 17, 2013 Events, Symposium Our invitation to present at the 2013 Melbourne Brain Centre Symposium included attending the event dinner on the night before the event. Held at University House in the Melbourne Law School (University of...
MStranslate to Present at the 2013 Melbourne Brain Centre Symposium MStranslate October 17, 2013 Events, Symposium MStranslate is excited to be presenting on the role of social media in science communication at the Melbourne Brain Centre's annual symposium in 2013. We hope to get attendees excited about the opportunities...
Stem Cells to Help Multiple Sclerosis Research MStranslate October 5, 2013 Research, Stem Cells By Brett Drummond There has been a lot of media attention lately regarding the use of stem cells as a potential therapy in multiple sclerosis. However, stem cells are also being used extensively as a tool...
Dendritic Cells are Involved in Inflammation in MS MStranslate September 23, 2013 Research The summary below is based on the following journal article: Thewissen, K et al, Circulating dendritic cells of multiple sclerosis patients are proinflammatory and their frequency is correlated with...
Sunshine and Multiple Sclerosis – The Role of Vitamin D (Part 2) MStranslate March 12, 2013 Genetics, Lifestyle, Research, Vitamin D By Brett Drummond In part one of this series, we discussed that geographical studies indicated that MS is more prevalent the further you moved away from the equator and that this was thought to be due to...
Obesity and Multiple Sclerosis MStranslate March 7, 2013 Research After my article on the links between Vitamin D and MS, one astute follower noted that the worldwide incidence of MS could also be found to correlate with levels of obesity around the world. Based on this and...
Sunshine and Multiple Sclerosis – The Role of Vitamin D (Part 1) MStranslate March 4, 2013 Lifestyle, Research, Vitamin D By Brett Drummond For a long time, it has been known that both genetics and the environment play a role in determining how likely a person is to develop multiple sclerosis (MS). As technology advances, more...
MS Tasmania to Feature MStranslate Research Summaries MStranslate February 27, 2013 Collaboration We are proud to announce today a new collaboration with the MS Tasmania. This partnership will see them feature examples of our curated research news and information pieces, designed to keep people...
Blood Protein Leakage Leads to Immune Response That Causes Nerve Damage in MS MStranslate December 16, 2012 Research What has been found? Part of the immune response that leads to damage of the nerves in neuroinflammatory disease is activated by the leakage of a protein from the blood called fibrinogen. What is the...
