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(MedPage Today) -- The yellow fever vaccine has been linked with more than a 10-fold increase in rates of MS exacerbation in a small study.

(University of Zurich) The neutralization of the cytokine GM-CSF could halt the development of multiple sclerosis.

This was demonstrated by the research team of the immunologist Burkhard Becher at the University of Zurich in an animal model.

Unlike other known cytokines, they write in the journal Nature Immunology, this messenger substance is essential for the development of the disease.

By the end of this year, a clinical trial will be launched in which GM-CSF is to be neutralized in MS patients.

A doctor who offered unproven stem cell treatments to MS patients has been struck off by the General Medical Council.

(Ohio State University) Highly fit multiple sclerosis patients perform significantly better on tests of cognitive function than similar less-fit patients, a new study shows.

In addition, MRI scans of the patients showed that the fitter MS patients showed less damage in parts of the brain that show deterioration as a result of MS, as well as a greater volume of vital gray matter.