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Speakers:
Prof Alastair Compston, Professor of Neurology, University of Cambridge
Prof Peter Donnelly, Director, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Dr Stephen Sawcer, Senior Research Associate at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge
Prof Danny Altmann, immunology expert, Wellcome Trust
In the largest investigation yet into the genetics of multiple sclerosis, a major international collaboration doubled the number of genetic variations linked to the disease, offering clues to how it develops and possible targets for therapeutic treatments. The study was published in Nature and was led by researchers from Cambridge and Oxford.