Predicting who will develop multiple sclerosis

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) A team of investigators has launched a study of individuals at risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) to better understand the sequence of events that leads some people to develop the disease and set the stage for developing and testing interventions with which to block the onset of MS. The research team introduces the Genes and Environment in Multiple Sclerosis project in the Annals of Neurology.