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You have to be optimistic to plan space missions. That's how I cope with my MS, says British Mars scientist Colin Pillinger - Daily Mail 31st October 2009
"With his white, mutton chop sideburns and eccentric manner, Professor Colin Pillinger, the professor of planetary sciences at the Open University, is every inch the boffin with an enquiring mind.
'When I was a child, my dad used to say, "There's no such word as can't,"' he says. It is advice he has followed throughout his life and in his career as a world-renowned scientist - he is best known for leading Britain's Beagle 2 mission to Mars in 2003 - and it is the same attitude that helped him cope with a diagnosis of progressive multiple sclerosis five years ago. "
'I thought I was alone with my MS' - BBC Health News 31st October 2009
"When Shiv Sharma was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis he was the only South Asian he knew with the condition.
"I got a bit of a shock at the time," he said. "
MS sufferers offered new hope with drug that slows onset of disease in half of patients - Daily Mail 7th October 2009
"A drug to treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can significantly delay the onset of the disease in many patients with early symptoms, a study has shown.
Patients treated in clinical trials with the drug, glatiramer acetate, showed they cut the chance of getting a confirmed diagnosis of MS by almost half over a three-year period."
'Uncertainty was the worst part of having MS diagnosed' - The Times 31st August 2009
Five years ago Sarvjit Kaur woke up with a sensation of pins and needles from the neck down. The dental student, who was working on her PhD in oral cancer, put her symptoms down initially to a trapped nerve from sleeping awkwardly, but they soon started to get worse. “Before I knew it, I was dragging my left leg around and couldn’t lift it,” she said. “I went to get it checked out and ended up in hospital for a week.”
Blood test could predict severity of multiple sclerosis - The Times 31st August 2009
A blood test that could predict the severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) is being developed by British scientists, promising to improve clinical management of the neurological disorder.
Research has identified a biological marker in blood that seems linked to patients’ prognosis after the first MS attack, paving the way for a new approach to assessing how the illness will progress. If a blood test based on the biomarker can be validated, it could be used with MRI scans and other methods to improve diagnosis.
'Dramatic' breakthrough in MS research - The Guardian 24th August 2009
Scientists find a substance called galanin is resistant to a multiple sclerosis-like disease in both mice and human brain tissue
Brain chemical could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis - The Times 25th August 2009
Scientists say that they have taken “a major step forward” in understanding how to reduce the severity of multiple sclerosis (MS), a university claims.
Tests on mice found that the brain chemical galanin can significantly reduce the seriousness of the disease, which attacks the central nervous system. Experiments with the molecule on human brain tissue suggest that it could have the same effect on people.
Hopes raised for MS treatment - BBC Health News 24th August 2009
Scientists in Bristol claim results from a research project into multiple sclerosis (MS) could lead to treatment to reduce the severity of the disease.
The team carried out tests on mice and then on human brain tissue and found galanin, a protein within brain nerve cells, was resistant to MS.
The 2p blood pressure pill that 'holds multiple sclerosis at bay' - Daily Mail 18th July 2009
A cheap blood pressure drug could hold the key to combating multiple sclerosis.
An MS expert has shown that the tablets taken by millions to lower blood pressure can also ease the symptoms – and even reverse paralysis.
Disease pioneer's helium suicide - The Times 21st June 2009
Police are investigating the suicide of an academic who pioneered treatment for multiple sclerosis but could no longer live with the disease herself.
Cari Loder, 48, a former university lecturer, killed herself at her Surrey home by inhaling helium gas that she had ordered over the internet.
MS sufferer who pioneered specialist treatment commits suicide - The Sunday Telegraph 21st June 2009
An academic who pioneered a treatment for multiple sclerosis has committed suicide because she feared being sent to a care home as her condition worsened.
How the humble hydrangea plant could hold the key to curing MS, diabetes and arthritis - Daily Mail 5th June 2009
It's bright and beautiful flowers bring a splash of colour to gardens all over Britain.
But it seems the hydrangea is more than just a pretty bloom.
A drug made from its roots could be used to treat a raft of common diseases, researchers say.
Glowing monkeys 'to aid research' - BBC Health News 28th May 2009
Genetically modified primates that glow green and pass the trait on to their offspring could aid the fight against human disease.
Though primates that make a glowing protein have been created before, these are the first to keep the change in their bloodlines.
GM monkeys give birth to designer babies - The Guardian 27th May 2009
Controversial work paves way for scientists to breed primates that are born with the genetic faults responsible for human conditions such as Parkinson's and motor neurone disease
Creation of 'GM' monkey heralds health revolution -The Independent 28th May 2009
Scientists yesterday announced a breakthrough that could transform research into a range of incurable diseases but spark a dramatic increase in the number of monkeys used in experiments. Researchers have developed a technique to create genetically modified monkeys that suffer from human illnesses.
Experimenting on these monkeys, they believe, will advance our understanding and treatment of incurable conditions such as Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.
Glowing monkeys spark genetical engineering debate - Daily Mail 28th May 2009
The creation of monkeys that 'glow in the dark' has sparked an ethical storm.
The designer marmosets carry a gene that causes their skin, hair roots and blood to glow green under ultraviolet light.
What makes this a world first is that scientists were able to show that the monkeys can pass on the gene to other generations.
Living with a hidden illness - BBC Health News 27th May 2009
Many people - including colleagues and friends I have known for a long time -do not know I have MS.
Even those who do admit they often forget.
You can't tell by looking at me. I am active, productive, a busy working mum with a wide circle of friends and until very recently had a successful career in the media, spanning 20 years
Struck down by the curse of MS - at age FIVE: Little Lucy reveals childhood toll of incurable disease - Daily Mail 26th May 2009
Lucy Wood is much like any other little girl. She adores Disney princesses and looking at her pony story books. Everyone knows her for her love of cuddles, and she dreams of being a pop star when she grows up.
But last summer, just a few days after her fifth birthday, she became one of the youngest people in Britain to be diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, the progressively disabling neurological condition.
'I felt alone with my MS' - BBC Health News 28th March 2009
George Pepper was just 22 when doctors told him he had multiple sclerosis.
He and his family say that in a strange way, they were relieved by the diagnosis of MS - they thought his blurred vision and continuous vomiting were the probable signs of a brain tumour.
Breastfeeding 'can reduce chance of multiple sclerosis sufferers having a relapse' - The Telegraph 19th February 2009
Breastfeeding can reduce the chance of multiple sclerosis sufferers having a relapse, a new study suggests.
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