Glucosamine-like supplement suppresses multiple sclerosis attacks

UCI study shows promise of metabolic therapy for autoimmune diseases

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 30, 2011 — A glucosamine-like dietary supplement suppresses the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis, according to a UC Irvine study.

UCI's Dr. Michael Demetriou, Ani Grigorian and others found that oral N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), which is similar to but more effective than the widely available glucosamine, inhibited the growth and function of abnormal T-cells that ...

This Mediguard Surveyoffers an interesting insight into the choices that have to be made in selecting a drug.

Mediguard or the University of West Virginia School of Pharmacy is paying $25 for participating.

Again I think the real progress in MS science is going to come from the ability to manipulate the immune system rather then repress it. Especially encouraging is that this was a human trial.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/breakthrou ... d=14283544


By MIKAELA CONLEY

Aug. 12, 2011

In preliminary research that's been dubbed "remarkable," "dramatic" and "sensational," doctors made the most common type of leukemia disappear in two patients, and reduced cancer cells ...

While MS research continues to try and obliterate our immune systems, I have more hope in research like this.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-d ... ction.html

New drug could cure nearly any viral infection

Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, and deadly hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola.

Now, in a development that ...

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Yeap that is me being all emotional!

Has anybody tried Beta Glucan or Immutol for multiple sclerosis :roll:

Hello everyone, I am new on this board as I was just diagnosed with MS about two weeks ago. Just a bit of background so people can understand where I am coming from. I am a 25 year old male, I was an athlete as my profession which obviously is not going that well considering this diagnosis. I had a multitude of symptoms leading up to the diagnosis of MS. At first I had extreme ...

Don't know how many of read this and I apologize if it has appeared in MS before, but it looks like they are on to something regarding what works and what doesn't for some people.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 141632.htm

"In the case of a common "friendly" gut bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, Mazmanian and his colleagues have figured out the surprising answer: "The decision is not made by us," he says. "It's ...

The article below addresses early animal research aimed at eliminating the TH17 T cell that when malfunctioning may be a contributor to autoimmune responses. It may be many years years before it can be studied in humans but at least its being pursued.


http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/scri ... 08926.html

Necrostatin is a lot like N-Acetyl Cysteine, but it is a drug that is being developed.


Interesting for those who like low fat diets and antioxidants.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2919773/

"Increased production of free arachidonic acid occurs during brain ischemia and inflammation as a result of activation of phospholipases . Arachidonic acid is a substrate for cycloxy-genases and lipoxygenases (LOX). Metabolism of arachidonic acid through these two enzyme systems is a potential ...