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December 20, 2022 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD

2 Immune Cells Likely Culprits of NMOSD Attacks, Study Suggests

The activation of two types of immune cells — called natural killer (NK) and natural killer T-cells (NKT) — may contribute to the abnormal immune attacks that drive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a study suggested. The profile of these cells in NMOSD patients differed notably from that observed…

June 2, 2022 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD

Uplizna Equally Effective in Patients With or Without Genetic Variants

Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon) works to treat people with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) regardless of whether such patients carry genetic variants linked to poor responses to other B-cell depleting therapies, new trial data show. An analysis of N-MOmentum Phase 2/3 data found that the approved therapy was as effective…

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