FTY720

PREVIEW-Pharma gains from market turmoil, but for how long?
Forbes - NY,USA
... and promising new drugs like FTY720 for multiple sclerosis and meningitis vaccines Menveo and MenB have helped it close the gap to cross-town rival, ...
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EARNINGS PREVIEW: Europe Drug Cos' 2Q Focus On Outlook, Forex
CNNMoney.com - USA
MAIN FOCUS: Concerns about the safety of oral multiple sclerosis drug FTY720, one of the company's key drugs in development, emerged in the second quarter ...
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Teva Sees Disappointing Results in Copaxone Study
FDA news (subscription) - Falls Church,VA,USA
The 40-mg version of Teva’s blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone did not demonstrate increased efficacy compared with a 20-mg dose, according to ...
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Vista Partners Initiates Coverage on MediciNova Inc.
MarketWatch - USA
The second drug in development is MN-166 for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is believed to affect approximately 350000 to 400000 people in the ...
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BUYINS.NET: WWE, LTS, ACOR, BJGP, BUSE, CLDA Have Been Added To ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The company's lead product candidate is Fampridine-SR, which is in a Phase III development for the improvement of walking ability in patients with MS. ...
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Round Hill firefighter takes on MS Challenge Walk
Loudoun Times - Leesburg,VA,USA
Whatever MS was – all she could recall at the time was that Annette Funicello and Montel Williams had it – it was better than a stroke, she thought. ...
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Patsy's MS battle raises £140000 for charity
ChronicleLive - Newcastle upon Tyne,England,UK
Patsy, a pupil at Gateshead’s Thomas Hepburn School, became the only person under 18 to try out the trial MS drug Campath. She lives with her parents, ...
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NEW AMERICA
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
One is Campath, a bone-marrow cancer drug Genzyme is testing for severe forms of multiple sclerosis. The other is Synvisc-One, a single-shot treatment for ...
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Medical: New Research MS
WCBD - Charleston,SC,USA
... Montel Williams talk about his personal battle with MS, or Multiple Scleoris. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the name for a condition which affects ...
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Multiple Sclerosis

from Julie Stachowiak, Ph.D.

How is Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosed?
Diagnosis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) has special challenges, as PPMS lacks both relapses and the striking MRI findings that are present in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). It can...read more
What Are the Typical Symptoms of Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis?
This was an incredibly labor-intensive, difficult article to write - and it is one of my shorter ones. Why was it so hard? I'll tell you - there is a...read more
Swallowing Difficulties as a Symptom of Multiple Sclerosis
Honestly, it seems like swallowing would just be second nature, not something we have to think about in order to do safely. However, swallowing is a complicated process that involves...read more

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Data 'Chunks' Are Easier To Remember, Even For Toddlers
Which is easier to remember: 4432879960 or 443-297-9960? The latter, of course. Adults seem to know automatically, in fact, that long strings of numbers are more easily recalled when divided into smaller "bite-sized chunks," which is why we break up our telephone and Social Security numbers in this way.
Gene therapy opens new frontier in fight against Huntington's
AFP -
... glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), into mice brains. GDNF controls a protein that protects brain cells that are at threat from Huntington's. ...
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Author : The Repair Stem Cell Institute LLC
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
... the world to treat multiple sclerosis and amyotropic lateral sclerosis patients by injecting their spinal fluid with large numbers of repair stem cells ...
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How to Keep Your Heart Open in Hell
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
At the age of 22, Dan was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). I will tell you about the Aronies but keep in mind that what makes their story even more ...
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World Anti-Aging Experts to Convene in Dubai
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
The founder and Chairman of her Singaporean-based Biotechnology firm Stem Cell Technologies i, Dr Lim focuses on adult stem cells in regenerative medicine. ...
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Dr. MICHEL RATHBONE mcmaster university

Cross-country campaign to fund medical testing to walk again
Daily Miner and News - Kenora,Ontario,Canada
In 2006, a “silent discovery” occurred in a laboratory at McMaster University. Dr. Michel Rathbone and Dr. Shucui Jiang were successful in regenerating ...
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Obama Proposes Tax Credits For Small Businesses That Offer Health Coverage To Workers
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) on Sunday during a speech at the annual conference of the 15 July 2008