Great news for MS sufferers

[Fat Bob]

OK, not a fully avaialble treatment yet, but this is a giant leap for treatment for MS sufferers!

MS sufferer walks after stem cell treatment

One problem with drug treatment is that it only relieves the symptoms temporarily, whereas this is fantastic news! Hopefully will give people the idea that stem cell research is not a bad thing!

[Morrolan]

oh wow... big, big step forward.

[Bender]

What about rejection, is that an issue? I guess only time will tell. But I agree, this is good news.

[Morrolan]

What about rejection, is that an issue? I guess only time will tell. But I agree, this is good news.

well, the article mentions they are using a person's own stem cells from the bone marrow, so rejection would be nil.

[Spike]

Spectacular stuff. My sister has had Myasthenia Gravis for almost 40 years. I believe it's a disease related to MS. Is it possible that the same kind of treatment might arise for these similar diseases?

[Kooky]

Choccie's mice are not dying in vain

[Burbage]

Choccie's mice are not dying in vain

They are, in fact, conducting fiendishly subtle experiments on Choccie in order to work out the question to the answer to the ultimate question.

[Dinosaur]

OK, not a fully avaialble treatment yet, but this is a giant leap for treatment for MS sufferers!

MS sufferer walks after stem cell treatment

One problem with drug treatment is that it only relieves the symptoms temporarily, whereas this is fantastic news! Hopefully will give people the idea that stem cell research is not a bad thing!

great news

[canuck]

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[Fat Bob]

Spectacular stuff. My sister has had Myasthenia Gravis for almost 40 years. I believe it's a disease related to MS. Is it possible that the same kind of treatment might arise for these similar diseases?

Sorry to say, but from my quick reading of Wiki and low knowledge of all the biological and medical terms, Myasthenia Gravis (neuromuscular autoimmune disorder) is not that related to Multiple Scerolsis (which is a nueroinflamation disorder).

However, people are looking at what diseases can be cured by stem cells. Typically, they go for the larger ones first and the treatments they make for them can sometimes be used for other diseases (or the learnings from the treatments).

Not great news for your sister in this case, but we're still looking for other things!

[Tack]

I do hope this becomes what it promises. False dawns are forever occuring but stem cell treatment does seem to be an eventual saviour for so many things. Finding and ironing out the snags for any treatment before it becomes available seems to take forever for those already aflicted and their families. There always has to be that generation just before the breakthrough who know it's coming but cannot benefit. Still, I doubt anyone would begrudge the beneficiaries.

[Burbage]

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That's the answer, not the question.

[chocolate]

Choccie's mice are not dying in vain

They are, in fact, conducting fiendishly subtle experiments on Choccie in order to work out the question to the answer to the ultimate question.

unfortunately I can't deny this

[Tas]

very cool bob, we've got a case in our family too, just had to go on pension, hope it comes through in her life time .