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2010-03-11
About four out of every 10 cells in the brain are so-called oligodendrocytes. These cells produce the all-important myelin that coats nerve tracts, ensuring fast, energy-efficient transmission of nerve impulses...
2010-03-09
Peptimmune, Inc. a privately held biotechnology company, announced the grant of US Patent Number 7,655,221 (the '221 patent) which protects the target product profile for its PI-2301 peptide copolymer for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, and other autoimmune diseases. The '221 patent claims important treatment modalities for PI-2301 and related compounds...
2010-03-05
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and a team of collaborators have observed for the first time that the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) increases by many folds following infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This finding implicates EBV as a contributory cause to multiple sclerosis...
2010-03-05
An innovative scheme piloted in Surrey and Sussex, the first of its kind in the country, has had an overwhelmingly positive impact on the lives of people in the area with multiple sclerosis (MS)...
2010-03-02
Results of a phase II clinical trial on the safety and effectiveness of low dose naltrexone (LDN) as a symptom-relief treatment for people with MS have been published in the journal Annals of Neurology. The results of the study suggest that LDN is safe and may have positive effects on the mental quality of life in people with MS; but no effect on a patient's physical quality of life...
2010-03-15
A storm kicked up hurricane-force winds and dumped up to six inches of rain in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Sunday.
2010-03-15
President Obama heads to Ohio on Monday to push for a health care overhaul.
2010-03-15
The Obama administration plans to send a wide-ranging overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law to Congress on Monday, arguing that the current legislation has pushed schools to lower their standards to meet federal requirements.
2010-03-15
Tropical Cyclone Tomas battered Fiji's northern islands on Monday with gusts of up to 170 mph and heavy rain, but officials had not received immediate reports of damage.
2010-03-15
Actor Peter Graves, best known for TV's "Mission: Impossible," was found dead at his home, according to a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
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