MS & The Spinal Cord

Many people living with multiple sclerosis are interested in whether vitamins, supplements, or nutrition can play a supportive role in long-term brain and immune health. Two areas that have received growing research attention are alpha-linolenic acid, a plant ...

CAR-T therapy, short for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, is already transforming treatment for blood cancers like lymphoma and leukemia and is now being tested in early trials for multiple sclerosis. In this approach, a person's own T cells (or sometimes donor T cells) ...  Show more

The August 2024 recall showcases four previously posted episodes on the topic of Multiple Sclerosis. In the first episode, Dr. Géraldine Androdias discusses the impact of immune checkpoint inhibitors on multiple sclerosis. The episode leads into Dr. Bob Fox discussing the rela ...

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease which can lead to loss of mobility and vision. Almost 3 million people worldwide are affected by it. There is no cure, but attempts are being made to accelerate the healing process with treatments to restore what the disease has d ...  Show more

Contributor: Taylor Lynch, MD

Educational Pearls:

What is Central Cord Syndrome (CCS)?

Incomplete spinal cord injury caused by ...

Restoring a person's ability to speak, enabling individuals with paralysis to regain movement, and detecting neurodegenerative diseases earlier than ever — these are just some of the breakthroughs brain-computer interfaces are making possible.

In this e ...