Charting a new course for Multiple Sclerosis treatment

February 16, 2023

Research from the UBC Faculty of Medicine could stop Multiple Sclerosis in its tracks — and even reverse its devastating effects

One day in the spring of 2014, Heidi Scott’s face went numb. Out-of-nowhere, just-returned-from-the-dentist numb, as she vividly remembers.

“I was on a business trip and it took me completely by surprise. My entire face was affected,” Heidi says.

Alarmed, she returned home to see her doctor, who ordered a battery of tests. The results were inconclusive.

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