Episode 358: VISIBL-MS with Dr. Jaime Imitola

The inequities associated with gaining access to quality healthcare are often discussed, and my guest this week has taken steps to address them. Dr. Jaime Imitola and his team at UCONN Health have created a tool called VISIBL-MS, a bilingual framework designed to increase doctors' and patients' awareness of the early signs of MS. We'll also share the results of a study that clearly illustrate progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA). We'll tell you about a small study that showed a positive outcome for people with progressive MS who received neural stem cell therapy. We'll share details of a study that identified a panel of 20 blood-based proteins that have been shown to be predictive of MS disease activity. (And we'll tell you why that's a good thing for patients and researchers!) And we're reminding you that we're just over 2 weeks away from CRUSH MS! We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??! This Week: VISIBL-MS  :22 Study results provide evidence of PIRA  1:41 Stem cell therapy for progressive MS?  4:28 Researchers identify a panel of 20 proteins that are predictive of MS disease activity 7:19 We're just over 2 weeks away from CRUSH MS!  10:07 Dr. Jaime Imitola discusses how VISIBL-MS will increase doctors' and patients'  awareness of the early signs of MS.  11:35 Share this episode  31:33 Have you downloaded the free RealTalk MS app?  31:53 SHARE THIS EPISODE OF REALTALK MS Just copy this link & paste it into your text or email: https://realtalkms.com/358 ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION I've always thought about the RealTalk MS podcast as a conversation. And this is your opportunity to join the conversation by sharing your feedback, questions, and suggestions for topics that we can discuss in future podcast episodes. Please shoot me an email or call the RealTalk MS Listener Hotline and share your thoughts! Email: [email protected] Phone: (310) 526-2283 And don't forget to join us in the RealTalk MS Facebook group! LINKS If your podcast app doesn't allow you to click on these links, you'll find them in the show notes in the RealTalk MS app or at www.RealTalkMS.com VISIBL-MS: A Bilingual Educational Framework To Increase Awareness of Early Multiple Sclerosis https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13524585241228739 STUDY: Acute Clinical Events Identified as Relapses with Stable Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38949816 STUDY: Phase I Clinical Trial of Intracerebroventricular Transplantation of Allogeneic Neural Stem Cells in People with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590923003934 STUDY:  Inflammatory and Neurodegenerative Serum Protein Biomarkers Increase Sensitivity to Detect Clinical and Radiographic Disease Activity in Multiple Sclerosis https://nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48602-9 CRUSH MS: Tickets and Info https://crushms.org Join the RealTalk MS Facebook Group https://facebook.com/groups/realtalkms Download the RealTalk MS App for iOS Devices https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/realtalk-ms/id1436917200 Download the RealTalk MS App for Android Deviceshttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.wizzard.android.realtalk Give RealTalk MS a rating and review http://www.realtalkms.com/review Follow RealTalk MS on Twitter, @RealTalkMS_jon, and subscribe to our newsletter at our website, RealTalkMS.com. RealTalk MS Episode 358 Guests: Dr. Jaime Imitola Privacy Policy