Study shows Copaxone reduces "black holes" in the brain. (News).A study published in the August 28, 2001 issue of Neurology neurology (n  rŏl`əjē, ny–), study of the morphology, physiology, and pathology of the human nervous system. showed that Copaxone (glatiramer acetate glatiramer acetate (glahtear´a-meer as´ tāt),n a medication used to decrease or stop a relapse of multiple sclerosis. for injection) reduced the number of permanent "black holes" that developed in people with relapsing-remitting MS. These lesions are believed to represent areas where nerve loss--the most severe and irreversible brain tissue damage in MS--has occurred. The seven-month study, headed by Massimo Filippi, MD, head of the Neuroimaging Research Unit at the Scientific Institute and the University Ospedale San Raffaele San Raffaele may refer to:
An earlier study published in the July 25, 2000 issue of Neurology showed that Avonex (interferon interferon (ĭn'tərfēr`ŏn), any of a group of proteins produced by cells in the body in response to an attack by a virus. A cell infected by a virus releases minute amounts of interferons, which attach themselves to neighboring cells, betala) can also slow accumulation of black holes. |
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