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Alastair Compston

Professor
Clinical Neurosciences
Cambridge University
United Kingdom

Academician Neurology
Biography

Alastair Compston is professor emeritus of neurology in the University of Cambridge. He qualified in medicine from the University of London and trained in neurology at the National Hospital and the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square. Alastair Compston is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Germany, Foreign Associate Member, National Academy of Medicine of the USA, and Fellow of the Royal Society.

Research Intrest

Multiple Sclerosis, Genetics, Stem cells and Tissue injury,

List of Publications
McCauley JL, Zuvich RL, Beecham AH, De Jager PL, Konidari I, Whitehead PL, Aubin C, Ban M, Pobywajlo S, Briskin R, Romano S. Comprehensive follow-up of the first genome-wide association study of multiple sclerosis identifies KIF21B and TMEM39A as susceptibility loci. Human molecular genetics. 2009 Dec 9;19(5):953-62.
CAMMS223 Trial Investigators. Alemtuzumab vs. interferon beta-1a in early multiple sclerosis. N Engl J Med. 2008 Oct 23;2008(359):1786-801.
Jones JL, Phuah CL, Cox AL, Thompson SA, Ban M, Shawcross J, Walton A, Sawcer SJ, Compston A, Coles AJ. IL-21 drives secondary autoimmunity in patients with multiple sclerosis, following therapeutic lymphocyte depletion with alemtuzumab (Campath-1H). The Journal of clinical investigation. 2009 Jul 1;119(7):2052.
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