/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Amit%20Bar-Or/rss en /channels/news/breakthrough-ms-treatment-264980 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><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 ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï, 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></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/multiple-sclerosis.jpg?itok=OPpmjEWJ" width="160" height="165" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:47:40 +0000 webfull 123953 at /channels /channels/channels/news/breakthrough-ms-treatment-264891 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><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></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/pjimage.jpg?itok=sLZO4nVK" width="160" height="67" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:31:29 +0000 webfull 123839 at /channels /channels/news/new-hope-treatment-multiple-sclerosis-256331 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A new study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and the MUHC, gets closer to identifying the mechanisms responsible for multiple sclerosis and makes headway in the search for better treatments.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/neurons_and_viruses.jpg?itok=88Ny45DU" width="160" height="120" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:26:45 +0000 webfull 113517 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-hope-treatment-multiple-sclerosis-256308 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A new study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and the MUHC, gets closer to identifying the mechanisms responsible for multiple sclerosis and makes headway in the search for better treatments.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:54:56 +0000 webfull 113487 at /channels /channels/channels/news/may-multiple-sclerosis-awareness-month-250233 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï 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></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/may_is_ms_awareness_stickers.jpg?itok=0YEuJeZf" width="160" height="164" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 07 May 2015 13:58:37 +0000 webfull 109928 at /channels