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New research announced there may be an association between certain genes and the severity of MS.
The study compared genes taken from people with severe MS who used wheelchairs within five years of being diagnosed and people who had no discernable disability 20 years after diagnosis.
It showed that a particular version of a gene called HLA-DRB1*01 was rare in people with severe MS and suggests it may play a protective role against the more severe progressive course that some people can experience with MS.
Read more in the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre.
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MS in focus issue 8 was on Genetics and hereditary aspects of MS.
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