A team of U.S. and Chinese researchers appears to have unlocked a novel way to stop T-cells from attacking the…
Marisa Wexler, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Wexler, MS
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A CAR T-cell therapy from Iaso Biotherapeutics was tolerated well and led to marked improvements in disability for three…
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Tysabri (natalizumab), an approved treatment for forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), can be safely used during pregnancy or…
Treatment with masitinib, an experimental therapy being developed by AB Science for progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS),…
Quantum Biopharma intends to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this year for permission to start a…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new generic form of glatiramer acetate injection, a treatment for…
In people with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) treated with Ocrevus (ocrelizumab), levels of B-cells can help…
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Certain lesions in the spinal cords of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) show damage to nerve fibers despite having…
Wider rims of immune cells surrounding multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions in the brain and spinal cord are associated with…
A new machine learning tool, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), may accurately detect the transition from relapsing-remitting multiple…
New diagnostic criteria and biomarkers, how to manage MS in older patients and children, and vaccine recommendations are among topics…
Assessing multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity using Octave Bioscience’s MS Disease Activity (MSDA) blood biomarker test can help guide…
Some exercises are better than others at easing certain problems associated with balance in people with multiple sclerosis (MS),…
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who live in rural areas are 17% less likely to receive disease-modifying therapies…
Sanofi‘s oral BTK inhibitor tolebrutinib significantly delayed the onset of six-month confirmed disability progression compared with a placebo,…
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool called MindGlide can accurately calculate, from a single MRI scan, multiple aspects of brain…
The patient support program Cycle Vita, which assists patients throughout the process of medical prescriptions, is now available for…