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Second PACTRIMS congress takes place in Hong Kong
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On Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November 2009 the second Pan-Asian Committee for Research and Treatment in MS (PACTRIMS) congress took place in Hong Kong. For the first time MSIF exhibited at the congress and Zoe Burr, International Development Manager, gave a presentation on the work of MSIF and the global MS movement.
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Profile of the Month : January 2010
Claus Thuesen Beck
Country: Denmark
Age: 26
Connection with MS: Sister has MS
Profession: Studying finance & accounting, Copenhagen Business School
"I recently cycled 6000km across the US to raise money for the MS cause. I was inspired to do this by my older sister, Maria, who has relapsing-remitting MS."
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| Summaries of all the latest research findings on MS selected by a team based at the Institute of Neurology, London. |
Obstetric outcomes in women with multiple sclerosis and epilepsy
In this large national database study, the authors aimed to investigate pregnancy outcomes in women with MS as well as in women with other chronic diseases. According to their findings, women with MS seem to have rates of intrauterine growth restriction and caesarean delivery that are marginally higher than the general obstetric population. The authors did not find increases in other adverse outcomes.
authors: Kelly VM, Nelson LM, Chakravarty EF
source: Neurology. 2009 Nov 18
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Poor PASAT performance correlates with MRI contrast enhancement in multiple sclerosis
In MS, some degree of cognitive dysfunction may appear, though at present the mechanisms underlying this clinical feature are not yet fully understood. In this longitudinal study, people who experienced a change in their inflammatory status (from presence to absence of active inflammatory lesions) showed a change (improvement) in their cognitive function. Although more studies are needed, this paper may help us to understand better how cognitive dysfunction appears in people with MS.
authors: Bellmann-Strobl J, Wuerfel J, Aktas O, Dörr J, Wernecke KD, Zipp F, Paul F
source: Neurology. 2009 Nov 17;73(20):1624-7
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Serum levels of complement C4 fragments correlate with disease activity in multiple sclerosis: proteomic analysis
In MS, an inflammatory-demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, reliable markers of disease activity to efficiently monitor the clinical evolution of people with this disease have not yet been found. In this study the authors found that a certain peptide (a fragment of a protein involved in immune reactions) was increased in people with MS having a relapse, while this very same peptide was decreased during remission. Therefore, the authors suggest that this peptide could be used as marker of disease activity.
authors: Sawai S, Umemura H, Mori M, Satoh M, Hayakawa S, Kodera Y, Tomonaga T, Kuwabara S, Nomura F
source: J Neuroimmunol. 2009 Nov 16
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In vivo quantification of myelin changes in the vertebrate nervous system
In this study the authors have developed a new imaging technique, the [(11)C]CIC-PET, using a marker which penetrates the blood brain barrier and specifically binds to myelin membranes in the brain. The authors suggest that this technique may be used to monitor, efficiently and in vivo, both demyelinating and remyelinating processes occurring in people with MS.
authors: Wang Y, Wu C, Caprariello AV, Somoza E, Zhu W, Wang C, Miller RH
source: J Neurosci. 2009 Nov 18;29(46):14663-14669
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ECTRIMS announces Research Fellowship Exchange Programme
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To increase the number of scientists focused on MS and maximise information exchange between researchers, young European postdoctoral neuroscientists are invited to apply for the European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS (ECTRIMS) fellowship by 1 December 2009.
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