In a breakthrough for fighting MS, researchers found a way to identify previously undetectable brain lesions
Amid other symptoms, one hallmark of multiple sclerosis is lesions and scarring it leaves on a patient’s brain and spinal cord. Researchers have long known that damage specifically to the brain’s grey matter is a key driver of the disease’s progression.
But until now, MRI scans used to monitor patients with MS have only been able to detect lesions in the brain’s white matter, so treatment options have been solely focused on those lesions.
With the help of AI, scientists at the University of Buffalo have now found a way to reveal grey matter lesions, too, in a significant breakthrough for treating the disease.
Why is this good news? MS impacts around three million people globally, including one million people in the U.S. alone. While there is no cure for it, treatments can help slow progression of the disease — this breakthrough will help improve those treatments.
A former Royal Marine rescued 194 animals from the front lines of the Ukraine war
Paul “Pen” Farthing, from Dovercourt, Essex is a former Royal Marine who toured Afghanistan as a commando between 2006 and 2007.
During his tour, Farthing established the Nowzad charity in Kabul to care for animals suffering the fallout of war, returning to Afghanistan in 2021 when he extracted 67 people and roughly 150 animals from the war-torn region.
This April, as Russian troops advanced upon the city of Kramatorsk, Farthing shifted his focus to Ukraine.
Across two daring rescue operations, he racked up more than 15,000 miles as he rescued dogs, cats, and farm animals from the front lines. Across the two missions, he rescued 194 animals. Of his many rescue missions, Farthing says animals in a cargo “never got in the way of people getting on a flight.”
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