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Damage to brain’s white matter may play key role in neurodegenerative disease, and could be target for future treatments

22 Apr 2026
Damage to white matter in the brain can trigger features associated with neurodegenerative disease, Cambridge researchers have discovered in a new...
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‘Disease in a dish’ study of progressive MS finds critical role for unusual type of brain cell

10 Oct 2025
Scientists have identified an unusual type of brain cell that may play a vital role in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), likely contributing to the...
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Dr Nick Cunniffe running a 'visual evoked potential' test with a trial participant in the Cambridge Clinical Vision Laboratory.

Diabetes drug and antihistamine could together repair multiple sclerosis damage, trial finds

26 Sep 2025
Scientists behind the trial say they are “on the brink of a new class of treatments” and that the findings take us another step closer to stopping...
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Ancient DNA reveals reason for high MS and Alzheimer's rates in Europe

10 Jan 2024
Researchers have created the world’s largest ancient human gene bank, and used it to map the historical spread of genes – and diseases – over time as...
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Early-stage stem cell therapy trial shows promise for treating progressive MS

27 Nov 2023
An international team has shown that the injection of a type of stem cell into the brains of patients living with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS)...
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Scientists identify first genetic marker for MS severity

28 Jun 2023
A study of more than 22,000 people with multiple sclerosis has discovered the first genetic variant associated with faster disease progression, which...
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Aged rat brain stem cells grown on a soft surface (right) show more healthy, vigorous growth than similar aged brain stem cells grown on a stiff surface (left)

Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells

14 Aug 2019
New research reveals how increasing brain stiffness as we age causes brain stem cell dysfunction, and demonstrates new ways to reverse older stem...
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Study in mice suggests personalised stem cell treatment may offer relief for progressive MS

22 Feb 2018
Scientists have shown in mice that skin cells re-programmed into brain stem cells, transplanted into the central nervous system, help reduce...
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Leprosy turns the immune system against itself, study finds

23 Aug 2017
Leprosy hijacks our immune system, turning an important repair mechanism into one that causes potentially irreparable damage to our nerve cells...
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