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In some cases, MS is highly hereditary; but not always. The sad fact is, very little is known about MS except for what will eventually happen to someone who has it (increasing disability and eventual death). Inheriting the illness is uncommon enough that some doctors still try to say it is not hereditary as if it were a proven fact. There is most definitely some genetic factor in some cases of MS, however. Henry (Gizmo) Williams, a famous athlete who used to play for the Edmonton Eskimos in the CFL has lost more than 20 members of his family to MS. I am the first and so far only member of my family to be afflicted; so in my case there is no genetic influence. Instead of trying to find the cause of MS and prevent or treat it, researchers just concentrate on trying to find new drugs to slow the progression of the illness; which has been proving to be for the most part a futile endeavour.

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