Hope on the horizon for multiple sclerosis
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:17 am
Could we really be a significant step closer to curing one of the world's most common and complex of diseases? Reports late last year of two new studies by scientists based in the UK suggest that may be the case. But for a condition as complicated as multiple sclerosis (MS), the experts prefer to err on the side of caution before announcing that a "cure" is imminent.
MS affects approximately 2.5 million people worldwide. In Arab populations it's estimated that 25 to 50 people per 100,000 have the disease. Now new research from Cambridge and Edinburgh universities may give new hope to sufferers.... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/2479