Four posters by Tisch MS scientists were accepted by the American Academy of Neurology for presentation at the Academy's annual conference, held March 16-23 in San Diego, CA. The posters presented at AAN 2013 are: L.H. Bell, V.K. Harris, and S.A. Sadiq. "Identification of CSF biomarkers of...
A meeting had been set for tomorrow, March 6th, in Washington, D.C. between officials involved in oversight of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Tisch MS Research Center senior staff in order to resolve outstanding regulatory issues regarding our proposed stem cell trial. Unfortunately,...
Hetal Ray (MSRCNY) presented the following article in Journal Club. Article Title: Dimethyl fumarate inhibits dendritic cell maturation via nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK12) and mitogen stress-activated kinase 1 (MSK1) signaling Reference: H. Peng,...
TISCH MS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCED Leading Research Center for Multiple Sclerosis Takes Name of Benefactors New York, NY- February 26, 2013 - The Board of Directors of the Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York (MSRCNY) today announced the re-naming of the institution as the...
Lena Bell (MSRCNY) presented the following article in Journal Club. Article Title: Myeloid microvesicles are a marker and therapeutic target for neuroinflammation Reference: C. Verderio, L. Muzio, E. Turola, A. Bergami, L. Novellino, F. Ruffini, L. Riganti, I. Corradini, M. Francolini, L. Garzetti...
Dr. Moses Rodriguez, MD, Director of the Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases Research and Therapeutics at the Mayo Clinic, presented a Grand Rounds lecture at the Tisch MS Research Center of New York on Feb. 20, 2013. Entitled, "CNS Regeneration by Human...
A meeting has been set for March 6th in Washington, D.C. between officials involved in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of clinical trials and Tisch MS Research Center senior staff. This is a long-awaited meeting and through it we hope to obtain guidance on how to proceed with our...
Annabelle Chu Yan Fui (MSRCNY) presented the following article in Journal Club. Article Title: B-cell Enrichment and Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Inflammatory Cortical lesions in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Reference: R Magliozzi, B. Serafini, B. Rosicarelli, G. Chiappetta, C...
Senior members of the MSRCNY research staff have been in contact with congressional offices and with the Food and Drug Administration in pursuit of expediting the process of lifting the clinical hold on stem cell clinical trial activities and proceeding with the study. Although exigent...
Dr. Francisco Quintana of the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Center for Neurologic Diseases, of Harvard University presented Grand Rounds at MSRCNY on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. He gave a presentation entitled, "Novel Pathways in the Regulation of CNS Autoimmunity."