Multiple Sclerosis

Research

Mayo Clinic offers many opportunities to participate in research studies, including clinical trials relating to the treatment or cure of multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers at Mayo Clinic are national leaders in MS research and experts at managing complex cases. The Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases (more commonly known as the MS Center) was created in February 2009 to facilitate collaborations among more than 25 investigators and doctors from many specialties.

Mayo Clinic MS research includes these studies:

1. Promoting remyelination in MS patients
2. Understanding the immunopathogenesis of MS and related CNS demyelinating disorders through tissue specimens, animal and experimental models, and neuroimaging
3. Understanding the genetic factors that determine whether MS has a benign or severe course
4. Developing new symptomatic and curative therapies for MS and other demyelinating disorders

Publications

See a list of publications by Mayo doctors on multiple sclerosis on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.