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Podcasts | 21 Jul 2016

Episode 90 with Dr. Daniel Hartung on pricing trends for MS disease-modifying therapies in the US

In most consumer markets, the price of products tends to go down over time, but pharmaceuticals don't always behave that way. Dr. Daniel Hartung shares what he learned from examining wholesale prices of MS drugs.

MS Discovery

Drug Development

Blogs | 25 Mar 2014

MS Patient, Ph.D.: Neuroradiology Reader Roulette

Neuroradiology readings: How often do they miss the gorilla in the film?

Emily Willingham, Ph.D.

The lung CT scan is infamous: Right there in plain sight stands...

People

Blogs | 26 Jan 2016

Podcasts discuss new MS treatment strategy

The MS Brain Health collection

Carol Cruzan Morton

No cure yet exists for MS, but a new therapeutic strategy may help extend brain health, delay progressive disease, and reduce future disability. That’s the assertion of a new report released at the October 2015 ECTRIMS meeting in Barcelona.

Clinical Research, Meetings

News Briefs | 27 May 2014

MS Research Roundup: May 27, 2014

Sex, Drugs, and Preclinical Research; Promising Biomarker for Progressive MS; Journalist With MS Finds Hope in Stem Cell Trial

Carol Cruzan Morton

Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...

Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, People

News Briefs | 5 Nov 2014

MS Research Roundup: November 5, 2014

One Clinic’s Tecfidera PML Guidelines; Innovation Award for MS Genomics; Journalism Prize to MSDF Contributor

Cynthia McKelvey and Carol Cruzan Morton

Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...

Clinical Research, People

New Findings | 7 Jun 2012

Gender Bender

Researchers uncover a molecular mechanism that might contribute to the sex-related gap in MS

Alla Katsnelson

Men and women have a few crucial differences, but when it comes to MS, those that matter...

Laboratory Research

New Findings | 1 Jul 2013

Total Brain Sodium on MRI Linked to More Severe MS

Brain sodium concentration seen on MRI is linked to disability and progressive subtypes of MS

Laurie Barclay, M.D.

Total sodium concentration in the brain, measured by sodium magnetic resonance imaging, is linked to...

Clinical Research

New Findings | 9 Oct 2013

Survey Finds “MSer” to Be Patients' Preferred Descriptor

A convenience survey of people with MS found "MSer" to be the preferred descriptor for a person with the disease

Steven Fox

What is the preferred way for clinicians and researchers to refer to people who...

People

New Findings | 17 Apr 2014

New MS Drug Candidate From Zebrafish Screen Targets IGF-1R Pathway

Lenaldekar blocks inflammation, demyelination, and axon degeneration in a mouse model of MS

Ricki Lewis, Ph.D.

Multiple sclerosis and acute lymphoblastic leukemia have something in common: too many...

Drug Development, Laboratory Research

New Findings | 4 Sep 2014

Innate Differences in Demyelination

In a study that used two colors to distinguish the cell types in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, invading macrophages appear to be stripping myelin from axons, while resident microglia are virtually shut down

Carol Cruzan Morton

When a mob converges on a scene of impending destruction, it’s often hard to tell...

Laboratory Research