Author Interviews, Biomarkers, Multiple Sclerosis / 19.12.2016
Multiple Sclerosis: Brain Atrophy Linked to Leaked Hemoglobin
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Charles Bangham PhD ScD
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Imperial College London
London, UK
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease of the brain and spinal cord, often beginning in the 20s and 30s which can cause both attacks (relapses) and disability over time. Most people with the condition have intermittent episodes of illness at first, but about two-thirds go on to develop a progressive form, known as secondary progressive MS. In this form, there is a gradual loss of nerve cells in the brain, resulting in shrinkage of the brain and progressive disability.
Neither the initiating cause of Multiple sclerosis nor the reasons for this brain shrinkage are known, and existing treatments for the early phase of the condition are unsatisfactory.
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