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Some MS Research is Out of this World

Posted on January 23, 2023January 22, 2023

As you read this, a group of scientists is doing MS research high above the earth. Their laboratory is in orbit about 250 miles up, aboard the International Space Station. Working with researchers at the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF), astronauts have been helping with a study about how astrocytes — cells that hold other cells together in the central nervous system — can be manipulated to halt or…Continue Reading

Have a say in what MS researchers research

Posted on January 24, 2017

Our friends at iConquorMS have a couple of new, quick on-line surveys available for MS patients to answer. I’ll tell you about them in bit but first let me tell you about iConquorMS. (I first wrote about this groups a few weeks ago the column I write for www.multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com). Have you ever wondered how your MS experience compares with others? Your ability to go out and do things? The therapies…Continue Reading

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