A new study reveals how Epstein-Barr virus may provoke immune cells to attack the brain, offering fresh hope for treating multiple sclerosis.

What if the biological mechanisms that cause multiple sclerosis were triggered years before clinical diagnosis? This is what a team at Paris Brain Institute suggests in a new study published in ...

In January 2022, a study of 10 million people over 20 years revealed that Epstein-Barr virus increases the risk of multiple ...

When ocrelizumab became the first FDA-approved treatment for early forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2017, it offered patients immense hope. The long-awaited drug is a monoclonal antibody that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study finds that in about one in 10 cases of multiple sclerosis, the body makes a distinct set of antibodies years before ...

Some research suggests that people with multiple sclerosis are at a higher risk of atherosclerosis. An increased risk hasn’t been established, and we don’t know how MS might increase the risk. Having ...

An analysis of data from phase 3 randomized controlled trials showed that among individuals with comparable disease duration, inflammatory disease activity was significantly lower in older trial ...

Smoking is an established risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). Smoking also worsens the course of disease for people who already have MS. MS is an inflammatory disease that involves the breakdown ...

New research suggests that Epstein-Barr virus may actively provoke the immune system in people with multiple sclerosis. Scientists found large buildups of virus-targeting immune cells in the nervous ...

When Shanel Gamboa's legs started to tingle and go numb last fall, she attributed it to working long shifts as a neuroscience nurse with Lehigh Valley Health Network. But one morning in October, ...

Multiple sclerosis is a central nervous system autoimmune condition that damages myelin sheath that protects the nervous system, affects brain and spinal cord and leads to aggravated conditions like ...