Research News

  • Inspiring the Next Generation of Research at the GBS|CIDP Foundation International Patient Symposium  
    As part of the 2023 International Patient Symposium, the Foundation was thrilled to welcome seven young medical professionals – ranging from those in their residency to those finishing their Ph.D. – to join the conference and learn from our Global Medical Advisory Board and from the patient community. These young professionals attended sessions, facilitated Q&A’s,…
  • Research Poster Opportunity for GBS, CIDP, MMN Patient Symposium
    We Invite You to Participate! As valued members of our medical community, we would like to inform you and your colleagues in training, residents, and fellows of a special opportunity to participate in the 2023 GBS|CIDP Foundation Patient Symposium, October 5-7 in Alexandria, VA. Poster Request Drs. Jeffrey Allen and Bart Jacobs, as Chair and…
  • A one-year Research Update from the 2022 Benson Fellowship Awardee
    A one-year Research Update from the 2022 Benson Fellowship Awardee, Elba Pascual-Goñi MD, PhD.   Our 2022 Benson Fellow, Dr. Pascual-Goñi, carries out patient care and translational research tasks in the field of inflammatory neuropathies in the Neuromuscular Diseases Unit of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona). She is responsible for…
  • Children with rapid-onset paralysis: is it GBS?
    Children with rapid-onset paralysis: is it GBS? by Patricia Blomkwist An interesting article* was published in the “European Journal of Neurology” about a study in children. Prof. Bart Jacobs (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) was one of the authors. He wondered why, contrary to expectations, some children diagnosed with GBS did not recover well….
  • Propionate Exerts Neuroprotective and Neuroregenerative Effects in the Peripheral Nervous System
    Propionate Exerts Neuroprotective and Neuroregenerative Effects in the Peripheral Nervous System A  recent study from Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, was able to demonstrate that the short-chain fatty acid, propionate, has a protective and regenerative effect on the peripheral nervous system in cell culture and in animal experiments. Dr. Thomas Grüter who headed the cell culture and…