(BCN) – The university said an researcher at the University of California, San Francisco state, was honored on Saturday to turn it to understand and treat multiple sclerosis, the university said.
Dr. Stephen Hoser, UCSF Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Will Institute for Neuroscience, participated in the Life Sciences Award with Dr. Alberto Istanio at Harvard University for their results on immunosuppressive that attacks the buffer protein around the neurological fibers.
UCSF said that a penetration prize was created by Sergey Brain, Presilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Julia and Yuri Milner, and Ann and Gokiki as “Academy Awards for Science”. Awards of $ 3 million are presented in life sciences, basic physics and mathematics.
“Hauser has canceled the scientific consensus on the mechanism of multiple nerve sclerosis, with the identification of immunity B cells as the primary driver of damage to neurons,” according to a prize journalist. “He had an effective role in the development and testing of cell depletion treatments, which revolutionized the modern treatment of the disease.”
Ascherio has discovered that the contract with the Epstein-Barr virus increases the risk of developing multiple sclerosis with a 32 factor.
“This work opens the ability to treat multiple sclerosis with antiviral drugs, and to develop an EBV vaccine, which can completely prevent multiple sclerosis,” the award organization said.