What is blood brain barrier?
June 3, 2022
The blood brain barrier (BBB) is an essential component of healthy brain function. As the name suggests, specialized cells create a highly selective barrier that separates the blood and blood-borne materials from entering the brain.This barrier is necessary because many blood-borne materials are neuro-toxic and can inhibit or damage normal brain function. In addition, the BBB also prevents potentially harmful immune cells from entering the brain and causing tissue damage. The BBB is comprised...
Ethnicity and prevalence of multiple sclerosis
May 27, 2022
Multiple sclerosis has always been discussed as an autoimmune disease more common in Caucasian women of Northern European ancestry. Newer epidemiology studies show higher than presumed incidence in other ethnic groupsA study from Kaiser database in Southern California of > 2.6 million adult multiethnic community members from 2008-10 reviewed 3,863 individuals with multiple sclerosis.Average age was 51.7 yr and 76.8% were women.Female preponderance more in Blacks (81.2%) and Asians (83.6%)...
Is Evusheld useful for MS Patients?
May 20, 2022
EVUSHELD is a medication that is FDA approved for for pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).This means this medication is taken as a precaution to protect from developing severe illness covid infection in future.It is used for patients who are immune compromised due to a medical condition or on immunosuppressive medicines who may be at risk for severe COVID 19 in infection due to weakened immune system.EVUSHELD consists of two antibody combinationsIt is...
