New MS Gene Discovered (H-Bomb)
International Collaborators Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for MS
National MS Society Supported the Largest Whole Genome Scan for MS
July 30 - The International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium (IMSGC) has identified two new genetic variations associated with MS, completing the largest replicated whole genome scan (scan of all the genes in the body) for multiple sclerosis to date. In addition, two independent collaborating groups published papers in Nature Genetics confirming one of these gene variations. The findings point to potential mechanisms underlying the disease and present possible new targets for designing better therapies to stop the immune attack in MS.
The IMSGC, a group of international MS genetic experts created with funding from the National MS Society, report their results in The New England Journal of Medicine. The Society and Harvard united to jointly raise a total of $3.63 million to fund this genome scan study. Read more.
You can help fund the next break through by making a contribution today! Thank you!
We believe that moving is not just something you can or can’t do, but rather is who you are. That if you are alive, you are connected to the potential, the hope, the momentum of it all. Multiple Sclerosis stops people from moving. We exist to make sure it doesn’t. - National MS Society
National MS Society Supported the Largest Whole Genome Scan for MS
July 30 - The International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium (IMSGC) has identified two new genetic variations associated with MS, completing the largest replicated whole genome scan (scan of all the genes in the body) for multiple sclerosis to date. In addition, two independent collaborating groups published papers in Nature Genetics confirming one of these gene variations. The findings point to potential mechanisms underlying the disease and present possible new targets for designing better therapies to stop the immune attack in MS.
The IMSGC, a group of international MS genetic experts created with funding from the National MS Society, report their results in The New England Journal of Medicine. The Society and Harvard united to jointly raise a total of $3.63 million to fund this genome scan study. Read more.
You can help fund the next break through by making a contribution today! Thank you!
We believe that moving is not just something you can or can’t do, but rather is who you are. That if you are alive, you are connected to the potential, the hope, the momentum of it all. Multiple Sclerosis stops people from moving. We exist to make sure it doesn’t. - National MS Society
posted by Heather Higgins at 8/03/2007
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