
Scientist Concedes His Controversial MS Therapy is “Largely Ineffective”
A gold standard trial found the approach does not help patients
Helen Branswell is STAT's infectious diseases and public health reporter. She comes from the Canadian Press, where she was the medical reporter for the past 15 years. Helen cut her infectious diseases teeth during Toronto's SARS outbreak in 2003 and spent the summer of 2004 embedded at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010-11 she was a Nieman Global Health Fellow at Harvard, where she focused on polio eradication. Warning: Helen asks lots of questions. Follow Helen Branswell on Twitter @HelenBranswell Credit: Nick Higgins
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