/channels/taxonomy/term/572/all en /channels/channels/news/breakthrough-ms-treatment-264891 <p><strong>Drug shown to reduce new attacks/symptom progression in some patients</strong></p> <p>In separate clinical trials, a drug called ocrelizumab has been shown to reduce new attacks in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), and new symptom progression in primary progressive MS.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:31:29 +0000 webfull 123839 at /channels /channels/news/major-advance-understanding-risky-effective-multiple-sclerosis-treatment-225566 <h4>Powerful treatment improves patients’ lives and provides new insight into mechanisms of the disease</h4> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:53:15 +0000 webfull 95350 at /channels /channels/news/breakthrough-ms-treatment-264980 <p>In separate clinical trials, a drug called ocrelizumab has been shown to reduce new attacks in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), and new symptom progression in primary progressive MS.</p> <p>Three studies conducted by an international team of researchers, which included Amit Bar-Or and Douglas Arnold from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University, have discovered that ocrelizumab can significantly reduce new attacks in patients with relapsing MS, as well as slow the progression of symptoms caused by primary progressive MS.</p> Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:47:40 +0000 webfull 123953 at /channels /channels/channels/news/may-multiple-sclerosis-awareness-month-250233 <p>The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University and the MUHC has Canada’s oldest MS clinic but is always innovating - striving for progress and better treatments for patients.</p> <p><strong>What’s new in MS at The Neuro</strong></p> Thu, 07 May 2015 13:58:37 +0000 webfull 109928 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-hope-treatment-multiple-sclerosis-256308 <p>A new study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University and the MUHC, gets closer to identifying the mechanisms responsible for multiple sclerosis and makes headway in the search for better treatments. Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:54:56 +0000 webfull 113487 at /channels /channels/news/new-hope-treatment-multiple-sclerosis-256331 <p>A new study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University and the MUHC, gets closer to identifying the mechanisms responsible for multiple sclerosis and makes headway in the search for better treatments. Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:26:45 +0000 webfull 113517 at /channels /channels/channels/news/may-2016-multiple-sclerosis-awareness-month-260680 <h2>May 2016 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month</h2> <p> </p> <p>Multiple sclerosis treatment and research has long been a focus at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, known simply as The Neuro, an illustrious member of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University and the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University Health Centre. Indeed, The Neuro introduced Canada’s first MS clinic. The clinic’s highly specialized staff employs the latest research data and treatment methods in a clinical atmosphere of innovation and progress.</p> Mon, 02 May 2016 14:01:42 +0000 webfull 118621 at /channels