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Spasticity survey closes this Friday

A quick reminder to fill in the MS in focus spasticity survey if you haven’t already.

Please only enter the survey if you have spasticity and please do send the survey link onto anyone else you know who experiences MS-related spasticity.

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Montreal08: register your interest now

It’s just over three months to Montreal08: Living with MS day, 16 September 2008.

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Profile of the Month : July 2008

Age: 38
Country: Italy
Occupation: Architect
Year of diagnosis: 1992
Type of MS: Secondary progressive

A world free from MS is not utopia

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NMO-IgG predicts the outcome of recurrent optic neuritis.

The authors investigated the role of a specific antibody in people who had at least two episodes of optic neuritis but had not developed MS. They found that the presences of these antibodies predicted poor visual outcome and the development of Neuromyelitis optica which is a different inflammatory condition.

authors: Matiello M, Lennon VA, Jacob A, Pittock SJ, Lucchinetti CF, Wingerchuk DM, Weinshenker BG.

source: Neurology. 2008 Jun 3;70(23):2197-2200. Epub 2008 Apr 23.

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Statin treatment of adult human glial progenitors induces PPARgamma-mediated oligodendrocytic differentiation.

Statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs, may help remyelination. The authors investigated the role of these drugs in the development of oligodendrocytes which are the cells that make myelin. They found that statins have a complex effect but do seem to increase development of oligodendrocytes. More studies are needed to clarify how this might help patients.

authors: Sim FJ, Lang JK, Ali TA, Roy NS, Vates GE, Pilcher WH, Goldman SA.

source: Glia. 2008 Jul;56(9):954-62.

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B7-H1 restricts neuroantigen-specific T cell responses and confines inflammatory CNS damage: Implications for the lesion pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis.

The authors investigated how a molecule which is involved in the immune system affects brain inflammation in mice. They found that the molecule contributed to reducing inflammation and therefore limiting damage.

authors: Ortler S, Leder C, Mittelbronn M, Zozulya AL, Knolle PA, Chen L, Kroner A, Wiendl H.

source: Eur J Immunol. 2008 Jun;38(6):1734-44.

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Cooling via one hand improves physical performance in heat-sensitive individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: a preliminary study.

This preliminary study showed that hand cooling resulted in a modest improvement in walking distance in people with MS with temperature sensitive symptoms. Further studies are needed to confirm this finding.

authors: Grahn DA, Murray JV, Heller HC.

source: BMC Neurol. 2008 May 12;8(1):14 [Epub ahead of print]

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Spain: new network for international researchers

The MS Spanish Network (MSSN-REEM) is an online initiative bringing together researchers from different disciplines to enable them to share and improve the quality of knowledge about MS.

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Turkey: society anniversary celebrations

Paul Rompani, Deputy CEO of MSIF, attended the celebrations on Saturday 31 May for the 19th anniversary of the Turkey MS Society, which also coincided with Turkey's national MS day.

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