Dear all,

As usual with this disease what looks like a promising avenue turns out not to be as promising as initially thought - see attached article from the BBC website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4201565.stm




regards

Bromley

There was a TV prog. on the National Geographic Channel last night in the UK about Stem Cell or REGENERATIVE THERAPY.
Here's a brief and slightly dis-jointed account of a review which I'm in the middle of preparing of that prog.

"After sitting through this programme I have to admit that I can see POTENTIAL here!

They are calling it REGENERATIVE THERAPY and for starters, I see no ethical issues here whatsoever as they do ...

Dear all,

In October 2004 the UK MS Society held its national MS convention. The presentation from one its its senior advisers (Alan Thompson) has only recently been posted on its website. His presentation was forward looking and encouraging. He said that:

'We need to suppress inflammation, we need to protect axons, and we need to encourage repair, three things. Now I’ll tell you right at the beginning that most of our focus up until ...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=73653

Israeli technology aims to use stem-cells to repair neurological damage such as that which results from Parkinson’s disease.

The technology was developed at Tel Aviv University and is being used by BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, which has established an Israeli subsidiary tocommercialize it. The patent-pending technology, called NurOwn, is based on discoveries made by Professor Eldad Melamed, head of Neurology at Rabin Medical Center, and expert cell biologist Dr. ...

Adult Stem Cell Research May Benefit Multiple Sclerosis, Cancer Victims

http://www.lifenews.com/bio599.html

by Maria Vitale Gallagher
LifeNews.com Staff Writer
December 8, 2004

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Some exciting new developments in adult stem cell research are being reported at leading medical conferences.

The developments raise new questions about the wisdom of rival embryonic stem cell research, which has had negligible impact on the world of scientific research and is ethically ...

I can't comment on this but find it intriguing. If this treatment really works....!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1363260,00.html

Robin

Another one on cord blood.

Now if this is legit. Why dosen't somebody get going and try it in MS patients?

http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/a ... 253284.inp

Cord blood stem cells cure paralysis
3:23 PM November 28

A South Korean woman paralysed for 20 years is walking again after scientists repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood.

Hwang Mi-Soon, 37, had been bedridden since damaging her back ...

As you can tell from my posts on stem cells that I'm for it.
But I'm not for cloning

Swiss endorse stem cell research

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4049141.stm

Voters in Switzerland have strongly backed a new law permitting research on the stem cells of human embryos.
Two-thirds of voters said "yes" to the government's proposals, opposed by religious and left-wing groups.

Nationwide referendums are common in Switzerland, but this vote makes it ...

Found this on CTV.ca about umbilical cord blood used to help a leukemia patient.
I know the U of W, Madison is doing stem cell reaserch.
http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/
It would be nice if some trials would be started for use in MS.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... TopStories

Umbilical cord blood can help leukemia patients
CTV.ca News Staff

For decades, adult leukemia patients have had to rely ...

Not MS but found this article interesting.

http://healthorbit.ca/newsdetail.asp?op ... =142081104

Australian scientists re-grow cut cord

8 November 2004 -- In a world first, Australian researchers have discovered a mechanism for greatly enhancing regrowth of spinal cord nerves after they are damaged, restoring the ability to walk in mice within weeks of a spinal cord injury.

The University of Melbourne research team, led by Dr Ann Turnley at the Centre ...