RealTalk MS25 Jul 2022

Episode 256: How NeuraLight May Revolutionize Drug Development and MS Care with Co-Founder and CEO Micha Breakstone

Imagine that, using your smartphone, you log into a Zoom call from home. You connect with your MS specialist and, while you're chatting, an artificial intelligence-based system is analyzing biometric measurements that will enable your doctor to deliver or fine-tune an MS treatment plan that's been personalized to meet your exact needs.

That's the vision driving NeuraLight, an early-stage company that's, first, aiming to re-write clinical trial design and accelerate new drug development. Joining me to give us an exclusive briefing on NeuraLight's game-changing mission is the co-founder and CEO of NeuraLight, Micha Breakstone.

We're also sharing the results of a pilot study that looked at the impact of intermittent fasting on people living with MS.

We'll tell you about a study that explored how social support affected the quality of sleep among people living with MS during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We've talked a lot about neurofilament light chain in past episodes of RealTalk MS. In this episode, we'll tell you about Labcorp's 2,000 patient service centers that now offer a blood test to measure neurofilament light chain levels. (And we'll tell you why that's a very good thing!)

We'll also share the results of a study that shows how experts may be underestimating the economic burden of living with MS in Canada.

And if you think you might be interested in participating in a study designed to measure the impact of different diets on MS, we'll give you the details about how you can get involved.

We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??!

NeuraLight's vision of the future :22

Intermittent fasting produces immune and metabolic changes in people with MS 1:28

Study shows social support is a predictor of sleep quality in people with MS during the COVID-19 pandemic 4:30

Labcorp announces availability of neurofilament light chain blood test 6:39

CanProCo research shows the economic burden of living with MS in Canada may be underestimated 8:58

Dr. Terry Wahls is recruiting for a study of how 3 different diets impact MS 12:16

Micha Breakstone gives us an exclusive briefing about how NeuraLight may change everything (for the better!) when it comes to MS drug development and MS care 15:28

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National MS Society COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for People Living with MS
https://www.nationalmssociety.org/coronavirus-covid-19-information/multiple-sclerosis-and-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-guidance

NeuraLight
https://neuralight.ai

STUDY: Intermittent Calorie Restriction Alters T-Cell Subsets and Metabolic Markers in People with Multiple Sclerosis
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(22)00305-X/fulltext

STUDY: Social Support Predicts Sleep Quality in People with Multiple Sclerosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.msard-journal.com/article/S2211-0348(22)00481-3/fulltext#%20

STUDY: Productivity Loss Among People with Early Multiple Sclerosis: A Canadian Study
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1352458521069070

Screening Survey for Efficacy of Diet on Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Study
https://recap.icts.uiowa.edu/surveys/?s=JX73EYRJNPF9MHRR

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RealTalk MS Episode 256
Guest: Micha Breakstone

Tags: MS, MultipleSclerosis, MSResearch, MSSociety, RealTalkMS

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