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Mass General's CTRU Advances Research in Complex Brain Disorders
Massachusetts General Hospital's Clinical and Translational Research Unit (CTRU) supports investigators conducting complex brain disorders research.
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MRI Findings Support Gradient of Spinal Cord Demyelination in Multiple Sclerosis
Using ultra–high-field MRI, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have found support for the "outside-in" pathogenic theory of multiple sclerosis in the spinal cord as well as the brain.
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Q&A With Dr. Caterina Mainero, Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Imaging Laboratory
Caterina Mainero, MD, PhD, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Imaging Laboratory in the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, discusses the lab's research into the mechanisms of the disease and new approaches to diagnosis and monitoring.
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Hemostatic Factors Have Potential As Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in MS
Caterina Mainero, MD, PhD, and colleagues reviewed the interplay of fibrinogen and coagulation factors with neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis. They conclude that basic knowledge of the coagulation pathways could be translated into new treatment approaches and novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
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Mass General Neurologists Research Effects of COVID-19 on the Brain
A COVID-19 smell test, a longitudinal study of patients with multiple sclerosis who develop COVID-19 and high-intensity support for the brain health of COVID-19 survivors are among the research projects underway at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Fingolimod is Superior to Interferon Beta-1a for Relapsing MS in Children 10 and Older
A randomized, active-comparator, double-blind, multinational phase 3 trial has established the efficacy and safety of fingolimod for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis who are 10 and older. The drug is now FDA approved for that population.
Multiple Sclerosis Contributors
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Caterina Mainero, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director Multiple Sclerosis Research, Athinoula Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
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Q&A With Dr. Caterina Mainero, Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Imaging Laboratory -
Eric C. Klawiter, MD
Director, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Unit
Recent Article
Mass General Neurologists Research Effects of COVID-19 on the Brain -
Jonathan Rosand, MD
Co-Director, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Medical Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Recent Article
Special Report: The Bugher Network in Hemorrhagic Stroke -
Mark W. Albers, MD, PhD
Frank Wilkens Jr and Family Endowed Scholar, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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Artificial Intelligence Identifies Candidates for Drug Repurposing in Alzheimer's Disease -
Merit Ester Cudkowicz, MD, MSc
Chief, Neurology Service, Director of the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Mass General, Director of Neurological Clinical Research Institute and the Jilieane Dorn Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
ALS Therapy Research and Development: Insights from Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc