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From the Outside In: Mayo Clinic Collaboration Finds Multiple Sclerosis Often Starts in Brain’s Outer Layers

December 5th, 2011 - 3:36 pm

Multiple sclerosis (MS) may progress from the outermost layers of the brain to its deep parts, and isn’t always an “inside-out” process as previously thought, reported a new collaborative study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic. … Continue reading →

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Study Provides New Insight into Tissue Damage in Multiple Sclerosis

April 7th, 2010 - 11:28 am

A new Mayo Clinic study has found that the type of tissue damage changes throughout the course of multiple sclerosis (MS). In early relapsing disease stages, the plaques, or areas where the nervous system is inflamed or demyelinated, are predominantly … Continue reading →