a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
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a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
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a master's degree in science
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the form of a literary work submitted for publication
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Sclerosis \Scle*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (??, fr. sklhro`s hard.] 1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.
2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
{Cerebro-spinal sclerosis} (Med.), an affection in which patches of hardening, produced by increase of the neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and is usually fatal. Formerly referred to as {multiple sclerosis}, {disseminated sclerosis}, or {insular sclerosis}, but now usually called only {multiple sclerosis}, or {MS}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
McFarlin said that the new study has shown that patients who have an abnormal combination of T-cell genes plus an elevated level of DR2 antigen are three times as likely to develop MS as healthy people without these genetic characteristics.
MS JUNE KENTON knows the Queen better than most.
Mrs. Meese was the person whom MS officials wanted to fill the position, he said.
Bierbower said Mrs. Meese had done volunteer work for the group since coming to Washington in 1981 and "we were delighted" to be able to employ her to supervise a program that involves placing MS victims in jobs.
Police arrested Maltret immediately after he landed his rented Rallye MS 880 Morane-Saulnier plane.
An estimated 250,000 Americans have MS, an often disabling condition that can produce weakness, difficulty in coordination, dizziness and loss of balance.
The self-attack is probably triggered by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. In MS, white blood cells (T-cells) destroy the protein sheath called myelin which protects nerve fibres.
MS KAREN Sinacola, who works at the black pudding stall in Bury, Greater Manchester, hopes that the government will neither raise taxes nor cut services.
About a third of MS cases begin in chronic progressive fashion. Of those that start out as isolated attacks instead, about 60 percent eventually convert to the chronic progressive form.
"I was pleased," Dudley said. "I was told the Benders had this foundation and they could make a contribution to MS or pay for someone's salary or designate for a specific purpose.
They said the Bender family foundation made the grant because they believed in Mrs. Meese's abilities to direct development of a job match program for MS victims.
He said much work still needs to be done to understand the HTLV virus and its relationship to MS.
Together they represent progress on a broad front against MS, the most common disease of the nervous system in young adults, which affects an estimated 2m people worldwide. Effective MS treatments could give the pharmaceutical industry a huge new market.
Together they represent progress on a broad front against MS, the most common disease of the nervous system in young adults, which affects an estimated 2m people worldwide. Effective MS treatments could give the pharmaceutical industry a huge new market.
The cells found in the brain studies by Steinman's group are different from the cells isolated by the Hafler group from the blood of MS patients.
Merrill Lynch & Co.'s Ready fund, with a yield of 9.63%, and its CMA MS fund at 9.54% were the next highest yielding funds, Donoghue's said.
I was told the Benders had this foundation and they could make a contribution to MS or pay for someone's salary or designate for a specific purpose.
Mrs. Meese has been a volunteer for the MS Society since 1981 and for the past two years has been in charge of a program called Operation Job Match, matching MS victims with employers.
Mrs. Meese has been a volunteer for the MS Society since 1981 and for the past two years has been in charge of a program called Operation Job Match, matching MS victims with employers.
A similar study on blood from people without MS found that only 9 percent of the T-cell samples contained the V-beta-17 amino acid chain.