Enhancing Our Knowledge of B Cells in MS

In October 2018, our co-founder and chief science communicator, Brett Drummond, was lucky enough to get the opportunity to travel to and attend the ECTRIMS Congress in Berlin. Following that fantastic meeting, Brett’s journey continued to Switzerland, where had had the privilege of meeting and chatting with Professor Roland Martin. Professor Martin works at the University of Zurich and had one of the biggest breakthroughs in multiple sclerosis research in 2018.

For many years, there have been pieces of evidence that have implicated B cells as playing a part in multiple sclerosis. To find out more about this, read one of our previous articles that summarises that here. In this research study, however, Prof Martin and his team were able to improve our understanding of the exact role that B cells are playing in MS. As well as this, they were able to show how this might help explain one of the major genetic links to multiple sclerosis. Lastly, Prof Martin discusses with us how this may lead to new treatments for multiple sclerosis, though stressing that this is still a little way into the future.

We would like to stress how appreciative we are for Professor Martin giving us his time and sharing his amazing research with our community. We hope you enjoy watching the conversation above and please ensure that you share it with as many people as possible. It is important that you engage with this type of content, as this will encourage more and more researchers to participate in our activities. This ensures that you are always getting the highest quality of information about MS research and access to some of the best minds from around the world!

As always, if you have any questions about anything discussed within this video, please feel free to comment below or e-mail them to Brett and he will reply as soon as possible.