Some promise of an advance in the treatment of multiple sclerosis

Joe Chi Minh

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Wed Oct-10-07 11:51 AM
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Some promise of an advance in the treatment of multiple sclerosis

Edited on Wed Oct-10-07 11:52 AM by KCabotDullesMarxIII

Here is an interesting article offering hope of a cure, at least in the medium term, for MS sufferers:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=486632&in_page_id=1774

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kestrel91316

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Wed Oct-10-07 11:54 AM
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1. The article is not at all clear on how this "antibody" can "regrow myelin".

My guess is, the writer has NO medical background.......sigh.

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Warpy

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Wed Oct-10-07 12:05 PM
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2. The BBC article yesterday was the same

Edited on Wed Oct-10-07 12:07 PM by Warpy

which is why I didn't post it.

Still, it's great to hear of any progress being made in animal models that would repair damage.

I lost a friend to MS five years ago. It's a terrible way to go.

I did find this, though: "The antibody, which was genetically engineered from a single cell, binds to myelin and the surface of cells in the brain and spinal cord, then it triggers the cells to begin the repair process called remyelination. This antibody is the first known reagent designed to induce repair by acting within the central nervous system at the damage sites on cells responsible for myelin synthesis."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009071117.htm

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kestrel91316

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Wed Oct-10-07 12:32 PM
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4. Wow, cool. But I still don't get how the hell is manages to do that, lol.

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Joe Chi Minh

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Wed Oct-10-07 12:20 PM
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3. Or , perhaps, that more than an elementary degree of medical sophistication would be, at best,

wasted on the average reader? With me at the head of the queue of non-medical mutts.

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