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    FDA has agreed to allow new imaging agent to be evaluated in clinical trial

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to allow Myeliviz, an imaging agent of myelin — the protective layer that covers nerve fibers and is damaged in multiple sclerosis (MS) — to be evaluated in a clinical trial with healthy volunteers.

    Myeliviz, created by Case Western Reserve University researchers, has the potential to be used in diagnosing MS, as well as other myelin-associated diseases, and in monitoring disease progression.

    Myelin has never been directly imaged before. Our technique is the first to do so, and we are hopeful that this will provide earlier and more accurate diagnosis of MS,” Yanming Wang, PhD, Myeliviz’s co-inventor and a professor of radiology at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, said in a press release.

    https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.c...clinical-trial
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    Originally posted by Seasha View Post
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to allow Myeliviz, an imaging agent of myelin — the protective layer that covers nerve fibers and is damaged in multiple sclerosis (MS) — to be evaluated in a clinical trial with healthy volunteers.

    Myeliviz, created by Case Western Reserve University researchers, has the potential to be used in diagnosing MS, as well as other myelin-associated diseases, and in monitoring disease progression.

    Myelin has never been directly imaged before. Our technique is the first to do so, and we are hopeful that this will provide earlier and more accurate diagnosis of MS,” Yanming Wang, PhD, Myeliviz’s co-inventor and a professor of radiology at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, said in a press release.

    https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.c...clinical-trial
    Thank you for sharing this info, Seasha.

    Also, it's interesting that this uses a PET scanner, and not the MRI.
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      #3
      Thanks for sharing, Seasha. Interesting article! Although I don't look forward to learning about all my missing myelin.

      "Myeliviz could be the missing link in finding a cure for MS and other myelin diseases by serving as a specific and quantitative imaging marker for early diagnosis and sensitive, quantitative evaluation of novel therapies currently under development,” said Chunying Wu, Myeliviz’s co-inventor and an instructor of radiology at Case Western."

      Hope this does lead to a cure for MS and they find a way to for our bodies to restore missing myelin! We really do need both for cure.
      Kimba

      “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ― Max Planck

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