FDA Approves Second Drug For Active SPMS MStranslate April 1, 2019 Research, Treatments Late last week, it was announced that Mavenclad (cladribine) received US FDA approval for the treatment of adults living with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). Importantly, this also includes people living...
Research Into Employment Issues for PwMS MStranslate March 28, 2019 Lifestyle, Research The following article was commissioned by MS Limited and has previously been published in their eNewsletter, Intouch. We are revisiting this topic following the large response to our Facebook poll last...
New Treatment Approved for Active SPMS MStranslate March 27, 2019 Research, Treatments 1 Comment It was announced earlier today that Mayzent (siponimod) has received US FDA approval for the treatment of adults living with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). Importantly, this also includes people living...
Relationships and Multiple Sclerosis MStranslate March 20, 2019 Lifestyle, Research The following article was commissioned by MS Limited and has previously been published in their eNewsletter, Intouch. As most of us have probably found out at some point in our...
Does a Cocoa a Day Keep MS Fatigue Away? MStranslate March 19, 2019 Fatigue, Research, Symptoms, Treatments 1 Comment Research Summary: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled feasibility trial of flavonoid-rich cocoa for fatigue in people with relapsing and remitting multiple sclerosis Fatigue is one of the most...
HSCT Trial Shows Positive Results for RRMS MStranslate February 19, 2019 Research, Stem Cells, Treatments 2 Comments Research Summary: Effect of Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation vs Continued Disease-Modifying Therapy on Disease Progression in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A...
MS Treatments Delay Progressive Disease MStranslate February 12, 2019 Progressive MS, Research, Treatments Research Summary: Association of Initial Disease-Modifying With Later Conversion to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis In mid-January, we had the good fortune of getting to break some major multiple...
Enhancing Our Knowledge of B Cells in MS MStranslate January 29, 2019 B Cells, Basic Sciences, Research 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 & Their Role in Multiple Sclerosis MStranslate January 4, 2019 B Cells, Basic Sciences, Research, Understanding Science 1 Comment 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...
Food Allergies & Increased Disease Activity In MS MStranslate January 2, 2019 Basic Sciences, Diet, Lifestyle, Research 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...
