A scientific institute based at NUI Galway is to spearhead a European consortium to train researchers in developing new treatments for multiple sclerosis.

When Michelle Hanley, a single parent of two young children was diagnosed with MS, it took her a while to deal with the news. Now she is determined not to let it get in her way. She tells her story to Helen O’Callaghan

Andrea O’Mahony, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis just before her 23rd birthday, is urging anyone with any form of MS to engage in a landmark study that could potentially unlock the mystery of the genetic and lifestyle factors behind the disease.

Children with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) had an 82% lower relapse rate when treated with a drug currently only licensed for use in adults.

A man who feels "entombed" by a terminal illness has taken his "fight for choice at the end of life" to the High Court in the UK.

Campaigners are marking World MS Day with a call for a big improvement in treatment services.

When her only child hits his teens in a few years, Aoife Kirwan, 29, knows she’s going to be the “uncoolest thing in the world”.

The HPRA report recommended against the use of medical cannabis for the treatment of chronic pain.

A drug described as a landmark in treating multiple sclerosis is being reviewed for use in Europe. Trials suggest that Ocrelizumab can slow damage to the brain in two forms of MS, which offers a lot of hope for the future.

Sharon Ní Chonchúir has MS but manages it by following a strict lifestyle plan. She is now looking forward to the birth of her first child. 

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A radical treatment that wipes out, and then regenerates, the immune system can halt aggressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and even reverse its symptoms, researchers claim.

A radical treatment that wipes out and then regenerates the immune system can halt progression of aggressive multiple sclerosis and even reverse its symptoms, research has shown.

Some sufferers able to walk again after stem cell transplant

A new drug for multiple sclerosis patients has been shown to dramatically reduce the progression of the disease.

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Businesswoman Laura McLouglin has MS, but tells Arlene Harris she is focusing on the positives in her life as she adjusts to her condition.

Treatment with human stem cells has allowed mice crippled by a version of multiple sclerosis to walk again after less than two weeks.

An inexpensive cholesterol- lowering pill may offer new hope to patients with progressing multiple sclerosis (MS), research suggests.