/neuro/taxonomy/term/531/all en /neuro/article/research-patient-care/making-progress-against-ms-progression Researchers have developed drugs that improve the outlook for millions of patients. Tue, 28 May 2024 19:10:16 +0000 Shawn Hayward 6050 at /neuro /neuro/article/giving-stories/portaging-ms-research Félix Jasmin translated his lifelong love of canoeing and the outdoors into an ambitious fundraising challenge, one that has raised over half a million dollars to fight multiple sclerosis. Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:33:45 +0000 Shawn Hayward 5161 at /neuro /neuro/MS-Month-2016 <h2>May 2016 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month</h2> <p> </p> <p>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 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº 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.</p> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:10:02 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2010 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/ms-awareness-month-2017-267915 <p>The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) is home to Canada’s first multiple sclerosis (MS) clinic, and MS research and treatment has been a major focus at The Neuro for many years. The MS clinic employs a highly specialized staff who have access to the latest research data and methods of treatment. It is a clinic where innovation and progress are paramount.</p> Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:44:41 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2607 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/turning-skin-cells-brain-cells-268068 <h2>Microglia, critical to Alzheimer’s research, can now be produced artificially</h2> <p>The quest for better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has a powerful new tool at its disposal — the ability to artificially generate brain cells that have been shown to play an important role in the disease function.</p> Wed, 10 May 2017 16:16:29 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2617 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/ms-month-2018-care-and-research-neuro-287055 <p>May is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Month. Laboratory and clinical studies related to MS involve about 50 members of The Neuro’s staff. They study the disease in all its aspects and at every stage with the help of the most advanced brain imaging technology and the latest cell biology techniques.</p> Fri, 04 May 2018 20:49:02 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 3039 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/may-multiple-sclerosis-awareness-month-250233 <p>The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº 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> Thu, 07 May 2015 13:58:35 +0000 anita.kar@mcgill.ca 1427 at /neuro /neuro/article/patient-stories/love-through-illness Robert Roy and Anne Dubé laugh as they reminisce on how they first connected 18 years ago. Today, they share a love as deep as the understanding of the disease they both live with: Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:22:00 +0000 Casandra De Masi 2489 at /neuro /neuro/jack-antel-md Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:50:41 +0000 pierre-luc.rochon@mail.mcgill.ca 1648 at /neuro