Kristi Clark (Tisch MSRCNY) presented the following article in Journal Club. Article Title: Reversal of Paralysis and Reduced Inflammation from Peripheral Administration of b-Amyloid in TH1 and TH17 Versions of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Reference: J.L. Grant, E.E.B. Ghosn, R.C...
Violaine Harris (Tisch MSRCNY) presented the following article in Journal Club. Article Title: A channelopathy contributes to cerebellar dysfunction in a model of multiple sclerosis Reference: S.D. Shields, PhD, X. Cheng, PhD, A. Gasser, PhD, C.Y. Saab, PhD, L. Tyrrell, MS, E.M. Eastman, BS, M...
Tisch MS Research Center of New York has formally submitted a response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) clinical hold on our proposed Phase I trial of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Neural Progenitors in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Per agency rules, this submission necessitates a...
A Research team lead by Violaine Harris, Ph.D., at the Tisch MS Research Center of New York, has just published findings on a new method of measuring disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) (Harris, et al, Cerebrospinal fluid fetuin-A is a biomarker of active multiple sclerosis,...
The stem cell research division of the Tisch MS Research Center of New York proudly announces Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of autologous, mesenchymal stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells (MSC-NPs) as an Investigational New Drug (IND) for an open label, phase I clinical trial in...
Ricki Lewis, Ph.D., filed a report for the Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum on FDA approval for the upcoming clinical trial of MSC-NPs at the Tisch MS Research Center of New York. Lewis quotes multiple outside experts alongside Saud Sadiq, M.D., director of Tisch MS, on the science behind the...
Multiple Sclerosis Journal has selected the recent Tisch MS publication " Cerebrospinal fluid fetuin-A is a biomarker of active multiple sclerosis ," co-authored by Violaine Harris, PhD, and Saud Sadiq, MD, among others, as its cover article for October 2013. This important biomarker discovery is...
Tisch MSRCNY welcomed almost 1,000 guests on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to the New York Hilton. We would like to thank our patients and supporters for making this a truly momentous event! The title of Dr. Sadiq’s talk, “What Does This Study Mean For Me?” signified an opportunity to answer many...
Tisch MS Research Center of New York would like to advise patients and other interested parties that we will be closing at 2pm on Wednesday, November 27, and reopening on Monday, December 2, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Dr. Steven A. Goldman, MD, PhD, Co-Director of the Center for Translational Medicine and Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, delivered the Grand Rounds lecture for December 4, 2013. Dr. Goldman's presentation...