Multiple sclerosis (MS) is something of a mysterious disease. The demyelinating condition affects more than two million people around the globe—often with debilitating symptoms—yet has no known cure and the cause of the disease is still unknown.

 

Recent research advances, including an effort from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S., are trying to better understand the disease in order to find a treatment solution. The aforementioned NIH-led project recently had a breakthrough thanks to a high-powered brain scanner and a 3D printed model.

 

In the simplest terms, the NIH researchers were able to analyze the brains of hundreds of MS patients using the scans and 3D printing, and identified dark rimmed spots among the patients who had a more aggressive and disabling form of the disease. The dark rimmed spots found in the brain scans represent ongoing “smoldering” inflammation called chronic active lesions. Now, the researchers […]

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