A Platform to Predicting who will develop MS

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• GEMS stands for ' Genes and Environment in Multiple Sclerosis'
• MS stands for 'Multiple Sclerosis'
  • MS is a chronic degenerative, often episodic disease
• Study will better identify the sequence of events that leads some people to develop MS
• Ultimately involving 5,000 first-degree MS relatives, for 20 years
• Application: Early MS detection could lead to faster treatment, delaying symptoms
• GEMS study introduced in the Journal of Annals of Neurology