Multiple Sclerosis Discovery: The Podcast Of The Ms Discovery Forum

[intro music]   Hello, and welcome to Episode Twenty-four of Multiple Sclerosis Discovery, the podcast of the MS Discovery Forum. I’m your host, Dan Keller.   This week’s podcast features an interview with Professor Aksel Siva about asymptomatic MS. But to begin, here’s a brief summary of some of the latest developments on the MS Discovery Forum at msdiscovery.org.   We just uploaded a new data visualization to our website. This one breaks down the design of MRI-related clinical trials in MS. It combines 88 trials conducted between 1998 and 2013 in a colorful, interactive dot plot. Each dot represents a point in time for a particular measurement, such as brain volume. You can sort trials by phase, and you can look at trials in aggregate or one at a time. To view this new visualization, go to the Data Viz section under the “Research Resources” tab and click on the top link.   Magnetic resonance imaging is a source of anxiety for many people with MS. Just getting into the machine is nerve-wracking, and waiting