Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common, complex neurological disease. Epidemiological data implicate both genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of MS, with various factors interacting with ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease in which the body's own immune system attacks itself and can, over time, permanently destroy the protective sheaths, or myelin, around nerve fibers in ...

A pair of large-scale genetic studies supported by the National Institutes of Health has revealed two genes that influence the risk of getting multiple sclerosis -- data sought since the discovery of ...

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing ones, takes place in various physiological and pathological conditions, such as embryonic development, wound healing, the menstrual ...

Many drug addicts take not only one substance but rather several. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine in Göttingen have investigated the role that genes and the environment ...

—The incidence and prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia secondary to myelodysplastic syndrome seem to be affected by age and multiple demographic factors. Reviewed by Catherine Lai, MD, MPH, Director ...