Looking back on the 2016 endMS Conference
Now that the dust has settled from last week’s endMS Conference and the country’s top MS researchers have returned home to continue their…
Canada’s largest MS research conference hosted by the MS Society of Canada begins today!
Today marks the first day of the 2016 endMS Conference in Toronto, ON. When I think back to the first conference hosted in…
The faces behind the research: Spotlight on wellness and MS, Part III
Last week, I featured a team led by Dr. Ann Yeh from SickKids Hospital who was awarded one of three Hermès Canada |…
The faces behind the research: Spotlight on wellness and MS, Part II
As part of an ongoing series, I will be featuring interviews with the talented researchers and community innovators who were awarded one of…
The faces behind the research: Spotlight on wellness and MS, Part I
Today, the MS Society announced the three recipients of the Hermès Canada | MS Society Wellness Research Innovation Grant. Each grant recipient will…
Hack4Health: Innovative MS wellness solutions take centre-stage
It feels like only yesterday that Team Tera Bio Solutions (TBS), a group of creative, young science and engineering students at University of…
Late-breaking ECTRIMS 2016 session unveils new biomarkers, real-world treatment comparisons, and clinical trial results
Each year ECTRIMS ends with a bang as late-breaking research news is presented first thing in the morning. Presenters at the late-breaking news…
Poster session at ECTRIMS 2016 covers the gamut of wellness and symptom management research
While platform presentations tend to get all the glory and attention at scientific conferences, I like to think of poster presentations as the…
Targeting remyelination: A new chapter in MS therapies?
Ever since disease-modifying therapies emerged onto the scene in the mid-1990s, suppression of damaging inflammation and prevention of the entry of harmful immune…
What can imaging tell us about the course of MS disease?
This morning at ECTRIMS we heard from several researchers and clinicians about the use of imaging as a tool to predict disease outcomes…