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I'm debating a couple of trials to go for. Fingolimod seems the most promising, but the Copaxone/Steroid one seems likely. Has anyone done the clinical trial with Fingolimod? I'm interested, I'm kinda scared of Respritory Infections and all that Jazz. Please get back to me, very scared, confused and just plain sick of thinking about it.

Thanks!

A group of researchers in Shanghai seems to be doing a lot of research into the neuroprotective effects of stearic acid.



Neuroprotective effects of stearic acid against toxicity of oxygen/glucose deprivation or glutamate on rat cortical or hippocampal slices.

Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2006 Feb;27(2):145-50.
Wang ZJ, Li GM, Tang WL, Yin M.
School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China. myin@sjtu.edu.cn

AIM: To observe the effects of stearic acid, ...

Research is coming through thick and fast at the moment.

Ian


Pregnancy hormone key to repairing nerve cell damage 19 February 2007

New research offers hope for treatment for multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders.

The mystery of why multiple sclerosis (MS) tends to go into remission while women are pregnant may be the secret to overcoming the devastating neurodegenerative disease, according to University of Calgary researchers who have shown that a pregnancy-related hormone ...

This sounds interesting, mind you, it would be much more interesting if I was a mouse...



A recombinant human IgM promotes myelin repair after a single, very low dose.

J Neurosci Res. 2007 Feb 15;
Warrington AE, Bieber AJ, Ciric B, Pease LR, Van Keulen V, Rodriguez M.
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

A recombinant human monoclonal IgM, rHIgM22, promotes the synthesis of new ...

Possible links with MS?

Researchers Identify Factor In Pathogenesis Of Graves' Disease

Science Daily — Investigators at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) have found evidence that continues to implicate insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R) in the development of Graves' disease.

In previous research published in the Journal of Immunology, Terry J. Smith, M.D. and Raymond Douglas, M.D., Ph.D. have identified the interaction between immunoglobulins and IGF-1R as a ...

Getting On Your Nerves ... And Repairing Them 16 February 2007

In a study to be published in the March 2007 issue of The FASEB Journal, scientists from East Carolina University report that a key molecular mechanism, RNA interference (RNAi), plays a role in the regeneration and repair of periphery nerves, which are the nerves located outside of the brain and spinal column. This research may lead to new therapies that manipulate RNAi to ...

My girlfriend just broke up with me after 3 years.I have spms and i was diagnosed in 2005 and it has gotten real bad. Today was the worst day ever. Today I hate my life. :( :( :(

Another T-cell vaccination, this time in Russia


http://www.transplantation.ru/multiple- ... atment.php

I add this link with great skepticism and I suggest that it be read in the same light. http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/2/emw505510.htm

Bob

So I almost made it two years since my CIS. For about a week now I've had a mild burning sensation on my skin from the top of my right foot up to about my knee, but it is only on the right side of my right leg. It then also affects my right cheek on my buttocks, and that is it. It is not numb to the touch, I can pinch or scratch and ...