Mechanisms for selective multiple sclerosis treatment strategy

The Wistar Institute’s Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D., and lab team led by senior staff scientist and first author, Samantha Soldan, Ph.D., have demonstrated how B cells infected with the Epstein-Barr

Could an arthritis drug unlock lasting relief from epilepsy and seizures? Promising results in mice

A drug typically prescribed for arthritis halts brain-damaging seizures in mice that have a condition like epilepsy, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The drug, called tofacitinib, also

A “death” protein may be the key to slowing aging at its source

As people get older, their blood and immune systems gradually lose strength. A major reason is the decline of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which are responsible for producing all types