Taking The Opportunity To Talk MStranslate February 28, 2019 Community, Genetics, Q&A Next week, we are holding another one of our Facebook Live Q&A sessions. For this event, the theme will be genetics in multiple sclerosis. It...
Is There Genetic Overlap in MS & Psychiatric Conditions? MStranslate June 28, 2018 Genetics, Mental Health, Research, Symptoms Before I start, I want to take this opportunity to thank our community for the extremely positive feedback received on the last article that debuted...
New Studies Question Gene Mutation Link to MS MStranslate September 12, 2016 Genetics, Research The results of an MS genetic study published in Neuron earlier this year are now being called into question. You may remember that MStranslate did a...
Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Linked to Gene Variation MStranslate June 7, 2016 Basic Sciences, Genetics, Research Research summary: Nuclear Receptor NR1H3 in Familial Multiple Sclerosis The background Whilst the cause of multiple sclerosis remains elusive,...
Environmental Factors & MS-related Genes MStranslate September 30, 2015 Genetics, Research The development of the International MS Genetics Consortium has led to the identification of more than 159 genetic variants that are associated with...
Cumulative Genetic Risk Score in People with MS MStranslate September 24, 2015 Genetics, Research We recently conducted an interview with A/Prof An Goris (left) and Ph.D. student Kelly Hilven (right) from the Laboratory for Neuroimmunology at...
MERTK – A Susceptibility Gene in Multiple Sclerosis MStranslate May 28, 2014 Basic Sciences, Research Professor Trevor Kilpatrick, Director of the Melbourne Neuroscience Institute, discusses the discovery of a new susceptibility gene for multiple...
Genetics & Multiple Sclerosis – A/Prof Helmut Butzkueven MStranslate May 28, 2014 Basic Sciences, Research Associate Professor Helmut Butzkueven discusses the importance of understanding the genetic markers of multiple sclerosis and explains the research...
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...