Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease ... damaging myelin — a substance that surrounds and protects nerve fibers. Damaged areas of myelin are referred to as plaques or lesions.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive autoimmune condition that affects the central nervous system. MS occurs when the immune system attacks the myelin that protects the nerve fibers ...

Researchers have found a promising drug candidate that could help restore vision in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions that damage neurons.

Researchers have made more advancements in multiple sclerosis in the last five years than in the previous 70 years. Knowing ...

Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A), commonly known as Botox, has emerged as a promising option for managing multiple sclerosis ... the protective covering of nerve fibers, leading to inflammation ...

Mikael Simons, MD, a neurologist and researcher at Technical University Munich and the Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases ...

The next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis could be tiny pulses of electricity delivered to the ...

with an initial focus on multiple sclerosis (MS). Demyelination in MS occurs when the immune system attacks and damages the myelin sheaths that insulate and nourish axons and nerve fibers in the ...

The pulses would be delivered via implanted devices that stimulate the vagus nerve, and they are showing ... including Crohn's, and multiple sclerosis. Currently, autoimmune diseases are usually ...