MS and Demyelinating Disorders

Researchers found that, in an exploratory analysis of 150 patients, African American patients with MS were most likely to become disabled and lose employment.

The chair of the Department of Neurology and the director of the Neuroscience Research Institute at The Ohio State University also offered his insight on discontinuing treatment in progressive MS.

Ishu Arpan, PhD, senior research associate at Oregon Health & Science University, discussed her team’s investigations into identifying patients with MS at risk of falling.

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Patients having a relapse, confirmed disability accumulation, or worsening in fatigue had significant negative impact on each of the work productivity and activity impairment measures.

The neurologist from Massachusetts General Hospital discussed physician rationales behind prescribing DMT use in RIS.

Researchers found that the percentage of telemedicine visits increased from 15% to 72.8% during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The president of the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in MS discusses his takeaways from this year’s virtual forum.

The assistant professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic discussed his presented talk at ACTRIMS Forum 2021 on autoimmune encephalitis.

Researchers also found that patients with progressive MS had longer disease duration before starting DMTs than those with relapsing MS.

The assistant professor of biostatistics at Washington University in St. Louis discussed what role the COViMS registry can play for the MS community at this stage in the pandemic.

Genetically-index TNF-TNFR1 signaling blockade predicted reduced risk of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, and increased multiple sclerosis risk.

Researchers used single-cell RNA sequencing on adult, pediatric, and infant surgical tissues to study oligodendrocyte types in order to better understand multiple sclerosis.

The fellow of autoimmune neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital discusses the ongoing question about whether the demyelination is an unmasking of disease or consequence of the treatment.

The PhD candidate at the neuroimmunology laboratory at Memorial University of Newfoundland discussed her team’s investigations into the use of IL-1RA as a biomarker for MS disability.

The clinical research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital discussed his presentation from ACTRIMS 2021 on electronic pill bottle monitoring to promote MS medication adherence.

The chair of the Department of Neurology and the director of the Neuroscience Research Institute at The Ohio State University discussed his lecture at ACTRIMS Forum 2021.

June Halper, chief executive officer of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, provides an inside perspective on MS education during MS Awareness Month.

The assistant professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic provided his thoughts on the next steps in understanding autoimmune encephalitis and the direction that research must pivot to.

The authors expanded upon the notion that nonadherence to oral DMTs is more nuanced than simply missing doses.

The researchers found that interleukin-1 receptor antagonist levels in plasma correlated with neurofilament light levels in cerebrospinal fluid.

Researchers found that 22 of 23 patients with elevated CSF NfL at baseline had normal levels at 2-year follow-up.

The chief medical officer at Clene Nanomedicine discussed the recently presented data on CNM-Au8 from the VISIONARY-MS trial.