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Q&A 95: I live in Scotland should I have AHSCT done privately?
Almost all the cases of MS treated with AHSCT in the UK as being performed in London and Sheffield, the epicentres of AHSCT MS treatment.
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Q&A 94: rebound on switching from fingolimod to cladribine
I don’t think cladribine has failed you. Sadly, your relapse occurred in a window before cladribine had a chance to work. This was preventable.
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Type 1 diabetes prevention: lessons for MS
As a thought experiment would you trade in MS for having T1DM or would you stick with the autoimmune disease you know already?
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Gavin Giovannoni
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An NHS in crisis
The UK public requires a new deal with the NHS, becoming a safety net and not necessarily the sole healthcare provider for its citizens.
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Infectious mononucleosis - a pragmatic target for preventing multiple sclerosis
EBV vaccines & antiviral treatment of IM
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Gavin Giovannoni
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NOBEL SYMPOSIUM™ Multiple Sclerosis: Past, Present and Future Treatments
2nd-5th of June 2025 | Jacob Berzelius lecture hall | Stockholm, Sweden
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Gavin Giovannoni
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May 2025

HPV vaccination to prevent reinfection
Several patients who have been HPV positive have asked whether or not they should get vaccinated to protect themselves from other strains of the virus.
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Q&A 93: severe fatigue after switching from ocrelizumab to ofatumumab
I would not be surprised if she has new spinal cord lesions or a raised CSF neurofilament level and needs a more effective DMT.
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Q&A 92: shingles on ocrelizumab
Is shingles a common complication of ocrelizumab treatment?
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Q&A 91: iron overload and MS
My short answer is no. Current scientific and clinical evidence does not definitively establish that iron overload due to haemochromatosis worsens the…
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Is Dominic Shadbolt crazy?
Despite my trying to talk him down, he seems determined to ride across Canada.
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Gavin Giovannoni
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National Early Inflammatory MS Audit
The care of pwMS in the UK remains a postcode lottery, and unless we have the data to expose the variance between the best and worst centres in the UK…
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Gavin Giovannoni
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