Dr. Roland Martin of the University of Zurich wins 2023 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research (IMAGE)
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Noted MS Neurologist Dr. Roland Martin (University of Zurich) is being awarded the 2023 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research. He uncovered how key MS susceptibility genes are involved in launching immune attacks on the nervous system and identified specific components of nerve-insulating myelin that are targeted by those attacks. His team has developed an experimental therapy designed to make the immune system ignore those targets but leave the rest of the protective immune system intact. This strategy is now in clinical testing. His work has also offered clues to how infectious agents or gut bacteria could trigger MS immune attacks. He will give the prize lecture at the American Academy of Neurology's Annual Meeting on April 24, 2023.
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