Basic Sciences

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,...

B cells…we hear about them all the time in relation to multiple sclerosis, but what actually are they? Having done a poll on our Facebook page earlier in the week, we found that many people aren’t quite...

Recently, we featured a Facebook post that mentioned the results of two major US studies, including one that looked at the links between multiple sclerosis and food allergies (the other on asthma and MS can be...

Recently, we featured a Facebook post that mentioned the results of two major US studies, one of which looked at the links between multiple sclerosis and asthma.  This generated a huge reaction from our...

Research Summary:  Hypertension and heart disease are associated with development of brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis: a 5-year longitudinal study WHO? This study was performed by researchers at the...

RESEARCH SUMMARY:  Platelets Drive Inflammation and Target Gray Matter and the Retina in Autoimmune-Mediated Encephalomyelitis. In this article, we are summarising recent research that has investigated the...

PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND MYELIN REPAIR We have seen an increasing number of powerful new treatments developed recently for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.  These treatments work in various...

Research Summary: Kynurenine pathway metabolomics predicts and provides mechanistic insight into multiple sclerosis progression A recent Australian research breakthrough in multiple sclerosis (MS) has drawn...

Research summary: Nuclear Receptor NR1H3 in Familial Multiple Sclerosis The background Whilst the cause of multiple sclerosis remains elusive, studies have shown that there are specific variations of...

Research Summary: Cutting Edge: Integrin a4 is required for regulatory B cell control of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis The background For a long time, multiple sclerosis was regarded as an...