Month: January 2021

This may not be as gloomy as once thought. We now recognize that “subtypes” vary greatly. An important distinction is age at onset. Forty percent of patients are of late-onset (after age 70). Fifty percent are middle-onset (aged 50 to 69 years), and only 10% are younger than 50 years at onset. The second distinction… Read more »

Can MS be cured? Based on a recent case report, maybe. A young man with very severe MS was treated with stem cell transplantation (HSCT), the real thing, and not the scam at your local strip mall. His level of disability did not improve but he went into a long-term remission. In MS this is termed NEDA,… Read more »