Multiple Sclerosis Research Doubles Number of Genes Associated With the Disease, Increasing the Number to Over 50

Multiple Sclerosis Research Doubles Number of Genes Associated With the Disease, Increasing the Number to Over 50


ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2011) — Dr. John Rioux, researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Université de Montréal and original co-founder of the International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium is one of the scientists who have identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the biology of a very debilitating neurological disease. Many of the genes implicated in the study are relevant to the immune system, shedding light onto the immunological pathways that underlie the development of multiple sclerosis.