Multiple Sclerosis

Stem Cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis

Posted on June 16, 2009. Filed under: Multiple Sclerosis |

UK: Adult Stem Cells Reverse Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
Main symptoms of Multiple sclerosis
Chalk up yet another success for adult stem cell therapy! According to the UK Telegraph, researchers in Britain have taken stem cells from a patient’s own body fat to stimulate the regrowth of tissue damaged by multiple sclerosis. Last year experts suggested that [...]

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Multiple Sclerosis Reversed in Patients Taking Own Stem Cells

Posted on February 9, 2009. Filed under: Multiple Sclerosis, Uncategorized |

Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — Patients in the early stages of multiple
sclerosis had their disability reversed in a study that used their stem
cells to *reset* their malfunctioning immune system.
All 21 patients in the study at Northwestern University in Chicago had
the *relapsing-remitting* form of the disease that makes their
symptoms alternately flare up and recede. Three years after [...]

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Status of Stem Cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis

Posted on December 30, 2008. Filed under: Multiple Sclerosis | Tags: |

http://www.stemcells21.com/stem_cell_therapy_for_multiple_sclerosis.asp
About Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Multiple Sclerosis, with an incidence of 100 in 100000 in the US and Europe, is by far the most frequent neurodegenerative disease (1). MS is a chronic, demyelinating disease of the brain and spinal cord – collectively the central nervous system (CNS). Demyelination is a process of gradual destruction of the myelin [...]

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