By now, I’ve spent at least 70 hours inside an MRI machine. That’s three days of my life spent lying perfectly still while magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) searched my brain, spine, and joints for answers related to my multiple sclerosis (MS). At 16, the experience…
A 24-hour livestream to raise funds for multiple sclerosis care and research will feature musicians, comedians, and actors, including cast members from popular TV shows such as “That ’70s Show” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.” Comedian John Poveromo will host the live, unscripted episode of “Dystopia…
Tweet The idea for CD20 immunotherapy is…. deplete the B cells in the circulation and they cannot get into the CNS. If they do not get into the CNS there will be no/few lesions and no/few relapses. There are lots of different anti-CD20 antibodies and…
There was a moment early that Saturday morning in May when the cold and forecasted showers made everything feel uncertain. Walk MS in Frankenmuth began under gray skies, steady rain, and the kind of weather that makes you wonder whether (no pun intended) people will…
For years after my husband, Rhead, was diagnosed with progressive multiple sclerosis in 2019, I was working two full-time jobs, raising our six children, and caregiving for him around the clock. I kept telling myself I was managing, because the alternative was unthinkable. I had…
Liberate Bio’s investigational CAR-M cell therapy LIB820 may help successfully eliminate disease-driving B-cells in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) without causing severe side effects, according to new preclinical data. The therapy is designed to genetically engineer two types of immune cells — monocytes and…
And other mysteries of true crime, life and MS Bilan is missing and I don’t know what happened to him!! Bilan is the real giraffe who lives in a bracelet on my left arm. No, I didn’t lose the bracelet or a part of it.…
Whether it is related to work, relationships, health, circumstances, or lifestyle changes, stress has become a normal part of life for people of all ages. Stress is the body’s natural response to external pressure. While it is normal for stress to come … Continue reading → Source:…
Tweet Remember stroke management before the HASU and thrombolysis era? It was largely characterised by supportive care, rehabilitation, secondary prevention (aspirin, statins, blood pressure, weight & diabetes control, …). And whilst these measures all remain important, significant gains were made once Alteplase (thrombolysis) was introduced,…
Tweet Many years ago I was chastized by a number of people notably from Pharma for suggesting that immue tolerance was lost following alemtuzumab leading to secondary autoimmunities and anti-drug antibodies and this was consistent with the loss of T regulatory cells, but my ideas…