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Study reveals potential treatment of autoimmune diseases
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Japanese researchers have identified a chemical substance that may be used to treat a variety of autoimmune conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Some illnesses develop when the immune system of the body malfunctions. Instead of attacking germs and illnesses as i
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Harnessing good fats helps to relieve multiple sclerosis: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Basic nutrition teaches that excessive fat consumption is hazardous to human health. However, the components of fats are complex. Unsaturated fats, or lipids, can reduce illness risk. In fact, according to a new study, a healthy fat derivative may be able to reduce symptoms in people sufferi
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Link found between multiple sclerosis lesions, depression: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
There seems to be a link between two serious medical disorders. Globally, millions of individuals suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS), a condition that attacks the body's central nervous system, while hundreds of millions of people suffer from depression, a mood illness with crippling sympto
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Researchers find association between multiple sclerosis lesions, depressio
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
There seems to be a link between two serious medical disorders. Globally, millions of individuals suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS), a condition that attacks the body's central nervous system, while hundreds of millions of people suffer from depression, a mood illness with crippling sympto
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Researchers advanced the age of human neurons beyond what was previously p
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Northwestern University-led researchers have created the first highly mature neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a feat that opens new opportunities for medical research and potential transplantation therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic injuries.
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Study reveals probiotic bacterium prevents neurodegeneration
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114, a probiotic bacterium, protects neurons in the C. elegans worm, an animal model used to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Researchers find a protective probiotic for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A probiotic bacterium called Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114 prevents neurodegeneration in the C. elegans worm, an animal model used to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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New study identifies connection between diabetes medications, multiple scl
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new University of Arizona Health Sciences study found that people older than 45 whose Type 2 diabetes was treated with anti-hyperglycemic medications had an increased risk of multiple sclerosis, particularly among women, while anti-hyperglycemic exposure in people younger than 45 reduced t
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Immune system reboot in Multiple Sclerosis patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Blood stem cell transplantation is a radical but highly effective therapy for multiple sclerosis. A study has now examined in detail the way in which the treatment curbs the autoimmune disease and how the immune system regenerates afterward. A better understanding of these mechanisms should
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Researchers discover molecule in brain that boost body's ability to fight
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 17 (ANI): Researchers at UVA Health have identified a brain chemical that coordinates the immune system's reactions to multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, potentially enabling medical professionals to boost the body's capacity to combat these and other d
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Repeated infections associated with increased risk of some neurodegenerati
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Infections treated with speciality hospital care in early and mid-life are associated with an increased subsequent risk of Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's diseases (PD), but not amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a new study.
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Research: Dozens of gut bacteria associated with multiple sclerosis
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): An international research consortium led by UC San Francisco scientists has shown significant differences between the gut bacteria profiles of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and healthy individuals, as well as between MS patients receiving different dru
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