�㽶��Ƶ News - Amit Bar-Or

Breakthrough in MS treatment

webfull — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:47:40 +0000

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.

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 �㽶��Ƶ, 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.

Published: 9 January 2017

Breakthrough in MS treatment

webfull — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:31:29 +0000

Drug shown to reduce new attacks/symptom progression in some patients

Published: 22 December 2016

May 2016 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

webfull — Mon, 02 May 2016 14:01:42 +0000

May 2016 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

Multiple sclerosis treatment and research has long been a focus at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, known simply as The Neuro, an illustrious member of �㽶��Ƶ and the �㽶��Ƶ Health Centre. Indeed, The Neuro introduced Canada’s first MS clinic. The clinic’s highly specialized staff employs the latest research data and treatment methods in a clinical atmosphere of innovation and progress.

Published: 2 May 2016

New hope for treatment of multiple sclerosis

webfull — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:26:45 +0000

A new study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of �㽶��Ƶ and the MUHC, gets closer to identifying the mechanisms responsible for multiple sclerosis and makes headway in the search for better treatments.

Published: 23 October 2015

New Hope for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

webfull — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:54:56 +0000

Published: 22 October 2015

May - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

webfull — Thu, 07 May 2015 13:58:37 +0000

The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro at �㽶��Ƶ and the MUHC has Canada’s oldest MS clinic but is always innovating - striving for progress and better treatments for patients.

What’s new in MS at The Neuro

Published: 7 May 2015

Major advance in understanding risky but effective Multiple Sclerosis treatment

webfull — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:53:15 +0000

Powerful treatment improves patients’ lives and provides new insight into mechanisms of the disease

Published: 26 March 2013