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Dr. Weinshenker in the lab with research technologist David Sun.
ERIC SHEAHAN, MAYO CLINIC
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62 Taking a lesson from
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63 In the news and on our
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Dystel Prize winner Dr. Brian
Weinshenker on getting MS right
by Sara Bernstein
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♦ Brian Weinshenker, MD, of
the Mayo Clinic, wins the
2011 John Dystel Prize for
MS Research for outstanding
contributions to understanding and treating MS
♦ He did a landmark study
that tracked the course of
MS, and helped develop
ways to distinguish MS from
look-alikes
♦ His research helped establish
plasma exchange therapy as
a treatment for people with
severe MS attacks unrespon-
sive to steroids
Finding better ways to separate MS from similar disorders,
and finding better ways to treat
severe MS—this is why Brian
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