Episode 28 with Dr. Brenda Banwell on pediatric MS
Links to articles and other resources mentioned in Episode 28
Methods
MS Research Roundup: January 18, 2015
Experimental Remyelination Antibody Results; This Is Your Brain on Diapers; Neuroscience With a Conscience
Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...
Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research
Corpus Callosum Cross-Section Correlated With Cognitive Decline
A new longitudinal study of people with MS found that the cross-sectional area of the midsagittal corpus callosum was highly associated with cognitive decline and moderately associated with physical disability over a 17-year period
A 17-year longitudinal study published online ahead of print in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal found that...
Clinical Research, Methods
Papers: 9 Jan 2015 - 16 Jan 2015
Editors' Pick
Study Probes “No Evidence of Disease Activity” in MS Patients
“No evidence of disease activity,” or NEDA, means no clinical or MRI disease activity. As a treatment goal, the first study of NEDA in a “real-world” patient cohort shows plenty of room for improvement and a glimmer of hope.
Multiple sclerosis may as yet have no cure, but that’s not stopping a push to...
Clinical Research, Drug Development, Methods
Stem Cell Transplants Risky But Effective
Initial results from the HALT-MS trial suggest that autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation may be a highly effective treatment for patients with aggressive relapsing-remitting MS. However, some worry that the aggressive therapy is needlessly risky when safer alternatives are available and may be just as effective.
It appears that a complex series of genetic and environmental factors pile on top of each other over the course of...
Clinical Research
MS Research Roundup: January 12, 2015
Pain Comes Before Myelin Loss; HPV Vaccine Not Linked to MS; Retroviruses Common in Genomes & Activate B Cells; Posthumous Plea for Right-to-Die Reform; Oscar Wilde’s Wife May Have Had MS
Items of interest to multiple sclerosis researchers from around the Web...
Clinical Research, People
Episode 27 with Dr. Brenda Banwell on the new journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Links to articles and other resources mentioned in Episode 27
Methods
Papers: 2 Jan 2015 - 9 Jan 2015
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