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 ...

Hi all,

Am a 37 year old married male with a 2 year old son and 3 weeks ago i was diagnosed with MS, symptoms started 6 months ago with back and right leg tingling, i did a laisic eye surgery in December and after that my left eye started being lazy.. after MRI i was diagnosed with MS.. started with cortisone for 5 days and Betaferone on day after day injections , which am ...

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/ ... sis&rank=1

I did a quick search to see why they would try Lithium on MS, and found this:

http://www.jimmunol.org/content/181/1/338.short
And an interesting video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjC-9mxjvx4

(No need to point out that this was in EAE.)

Of course, lithium is a pretty serious psychotropic drug, so it's probably not a good idea to take this outside of ...

Hello, im new here and as a recent LDN user i thought i would see if anyone could share some info about using LDN. It doesn't seem that anyone is on LDN here which is very surprising to me. I need some feedback! Please share your experience.