MS Explained - Future researchSummary
Although the nature of MS remains unclear, new areas of research offer the chance to increase understanding of the condition. Increasing levels of research over the last twenty years have seen some major advances. This period has witnessed the arrival of the first drugs to have some effect on the underlying disease activity of MS and new ones in the pipeline; continuing discoveries about the nature of the immune system and how it can be manipulated; knowledge of the involvement of genes in the development of disease; and breakthroughs in stem cell technology. This momentum offers the hope that multiple sclerosis will eventually be controlled.
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- MS Explained
- Contents
- Introduction
- Who gets MS?
- The possible causes of MS
- The central nervous system
- The immune system
- What happens in MS?
- The cause of symptoms
- Spasticity
- Bladder problems
- Bowel problems
- Weakness
- Visual problems
- Optic neuritis
- Balance and dizziness
- Tremor and ataxia
- Cognition
- Depression
- Mood swings
- Fatigue
- Speech and swallowing
- Pain
- Diagnosis
- Types of MS
- Future research
- Immunology
- Neuroprotection
- Repairing and replacing myelin
- Genetics
- Summary
- Glossary
- Bibliography
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