Beat the Heat?
September 15, 2025
When I was a kid, I didn’t really like summer. I preferred the structure of school, soccer practices and games, and playing with my friends. Summer meant day camp, seemingly endless days of lanyards and Red Rover, while my friends mostly went to sleepaway, which I never wanted to do. My own middle-schooler doesn’t believe that I wrote long letters to my best friend at camp in the Catskills, and she wrote long letters back, often in alternating colorful inks. One problem I did NOT have in these...
Review of “Remyelination of Chronic Demyelinated Lesions With Directly Induced Neural Stem Cells” Published in Brain (2025)
September 15, 2025
In the recent article “Remyelination of chronic demyelinated lesions with directly induced neural stem cells” published in Brain (2025), Dr. Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti, Dr. Stefano Pluchino, and colleagues from the University of Cambridge and international collaborators explore a novel stem cell-based strategy for repairing nerve damage in multiple sclerosis (MS). The study addresses a key challenge in progressive MS: the failure to repair myelin, which is the protective sheath around nerve fibers...
MS and Pregnancy
August 15, 2025
I was in my mid-thirties, engaged, and accepted that I could not have children. I was diagnosed with MS shortly before my 30th birthday. I was single, and, perhaps out of self-preservation, had convinced myself that I would never be able to have children. I feared that no one would want to have a relationship with me once I divulged my diagnosis. However, a glimmer of hope remained, and I continued to go out on dates. I faced some rejection, as I had feared, but shortly after I had turned 34, I...
