Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum

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6 June 2016
Episode 86 with Dr. Pavan Bhargava on targeting lesions lining the brain
Some people with MS have small long-lasting inflammatory lesions in the lining outside the brain, which may play a role in progressive disease. The discovery has prompted researchers to try to target these lesions more directly.

http://www.msdiscovery.org/news/podcasts/30693-episode-86-dr-pavan-bhargava-targeting-lesions-lining-brain

25 May 2016
Episode 84 with Dr. Ilya Kister on stopping MS drugs & observational datasets
What happens to the course of multiple sclerosis when people stop taking their drugs? It depends on the individual and on the drug. A new study may help answer the question better.

http://www.msdiscovery.org/news/podcasts/30472-episode-84-dr-ilya-kister-stopping-ms-drugs-observational-datasets

23 May 2016
Episode 83 with Dr. Jerry Wolinsky on composite clinical trial outcome measures
MS researchers have been looking to composite endpoints as more sensitive and meaningful measures of MS progression and disability for testing new drugs.

http://www.msdiscovery.org/news/podcasts/30428-episode-83-dr-jerry-wolinsky-composite-clinical-trial-outcome-measures

9 May 2016
Episode 77 with Annette Langer-Gould on MS, pregnancy and breastfeeding
The few months after giving birth puts women with MS at higher risk of having a relapse. Resuming disease modifying therapies does not seem to help in the first six months postpartum, but breastfeeding exclusively may help, for surprising reasons. The biology is more complicated than first believed.

http://www.msdiscovery.org/news/podcasts/29968-episode-77-annette-langer-gould-ms-pregnancy-and-breastfeeding