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Stem Cell Transplant Trials On Horizon

By admin | Published: October 13, 2011
Researchers at the University of Buffalo have identified the cells responsible for creating myelin and after experiments with mice are confident the approach warrants consideration for human trials.
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CCSVI Study Makes Cloudy Connection

By admin | Published: October 5, 2011
A Canadian study which combined and parsed data from eight different trials concerning treatment for CCSVI in individuals having MS has shown a possible link. Click on link for a google search page highlighting various press accounts reporting on the study.
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Dietary Supplement Treatment Studied

By admin | Published: October 4, 2011
Lab animals given N-acetylglucosamine have seen disease activity halted and in a few cases mild improvement in a study of the dietary supplement’s effects on the lab equivalent for multiple sclerosis.
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Genetic Variants In MS Discovered

By admin | Published: September 8, 2011
International researchers employing a large subject base have discovered 29 genetic variants to add to the 23 previously identified as playing a role in the immune system leading to nerve damage in multiple sclerosis.  
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OTC Medicine Has Benefit?

By admin | Published: July 9, 2011
Small dose dextromethorphan administered to mice having the laboratory model of multiple sclerosis experienced reduced loss of myelin and  fewer paralytic effects. Dextromethorphan is a safe chemical ingredient found in over the counter cough medicine.
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Macaque Monkeys May Make MS Model

By admin | Published: July 1, 2011
Macaque monkeys at a primate research center have spontaneously developed a disease with similar characteristics of multiple sclerosis in humans. It is hoped that further research among this population of affected primates will provide answers and treatment for the disease.
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Inflammation Discoveries

By admin | Published: June 21, 2011
Researchers in the UK have found a compound that not only inhibits the inflammation occurring in MS it also stimulates natural production of  interferon-beta. Various interferon are now injected by MS patients to delay progression of the disease. This discovery is being investigated as a safer, more efficient way of accomplishing that task.
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Generic MS Treatment Surviving Legal Challenge

By admin | Published: June 20, 2011
Mylan Inc. gets the door open a little further in their quest to market a generic form of the multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone after a summary judgement filed by the manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals was denied.
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Licensed Drug Denied

By admin | Published: June 19, 2011
Great Britain’s NHS is denying a potential pain and spasticity relieving preparation to multiple sclerosis patients despite the fact that it is a licensed medication that very well might provide relief when other drugs fail to do so.
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Blood-Brain Barrier Breached

By admin | Published: May 27, 2011
Scientists have engineered an antibody that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier and potentially deliver drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers, Parkinsons, multiple sclerosis and others.
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