Link between gut flora and multiple sclerosis discovered

Dr. Roland Martin, an internationally recognized neurologist and researcher, is the recipient of the 2023 John Dystel Award for Multiple Sclerosis Research. This award honors his significant contribution in advancing our understanding of the immunological mechanisms underlying multiple sclerosis and translating them to develop innovative strategies to treat the disease. The Dystel Prize is awarded jointly by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the American Academy of Neurology. It was established in 1994 by former Society National Board member, the late Oscar Dystel, and his wife, the late Marion Dystel, in honor of their son, John Jay Dystel, an attorney whose promising career was cut short by the progressive disability of the disease that led to his death in June 2003. Dr. Martin was responsible for giving the Dystel Award lecture and received the award at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Boston, MA, on April 24, 2023. You can find the complete news from National MS Society at the following link: https://www.nationalmssociety.org/About-the-Society/News/Noted-MS-Neurologist-Dr-Roland-Martin-Wins-2023-Jo

On November 2022 Multiple Sclerosis News Today published an article about our study on human stem cell transplantation in multiple sclerosis patients published in Science Translational Medicine (2022 Nov 2;14(669)). You can read the full article under the following link: https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/news-posts/2022/11/16/how-stem-cell-transplant-can-reset-immune-system-study/#

At the end of 2019, Brett Drummond, co-founder and chief science communicator of MStranslate, interviewed Dr. Roland Martin to find out more about the role of B cells in multiple sclerosis that we published in Cell (2018 Sep 20;175(1):85-100). You can see the video of the interview at the following link: https://mstranslate.com.au/b-cells-multiple-sclerosis-roland-martin/