Episode 358: VISIBL-MS with Dr. Jaime Imitola
RealTalk MS8 Juli 2024

Episode 358: VISIBL-MS with Dr. Jaime Imitola

The inequities associated with gaining access to quality healthcare are often discussed, and my guest this week has taken steps to address them. Dr. Jaime Imitola and his team at UCONN Health have created a tool called VISIBL-MS, a bilingual framework designed to increase doctors' and patients' awareness of the early signs of MS.

We'll also share the results of a study that clearly illustrate progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA).

We'll tell you about a small study that showed a positive outcome for people with progressive MS who received neural stem cell therapy.

We'll share details of a study that identified a panel of 20 blood-based proteins that have been shown to be predictive of MS disease activity. (And we'll tell you why that's a good thing for patients and researchers!)

And we're reminding you that we're just over 2 weeks away from CRUSH MS!

We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??!

This Week: VISIBL-MS :22

Study results provide evidence of PIRA 1:41

Stem cell therapy for progressive MS? 4:28

Researchers identify a panel of 20 proteins that are predictive of MS disease activity 7:19

We're just over 2 weeks away from CRUSH MS! 10:07

Dr. Jaime Imitola discusses how VISIBL-MS will increase doctors' and patients' awareness of the early signs of MS. 11:35

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VISIBL-MS: A Bilingual Educational Framework To Increase Awareness of Early Multiple Sclerosis
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13524585241228739

STUDY: Acute Clinical Events Identified as Relapses with Stable Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38949816

STUDY: Phase I Clinical Trial of Intracerebroventricular Transplantation of Allogeneic Neural Stem Cells in People with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590923003934

STUDY: Inflammatory and Neurodegenerative Serum Protein Biomarkers Increase Sensitivity to Detect Clinical and Radiographic Disease Activity in Multiple Sclerosis
https://nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48602-9

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RealTalk MS Episode 358
Guests: Dr. Jaime Imitola

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