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Biologist Tom Lane and a team of UCI researchers are leading an effort to determine whether a stem-cell-based treatment can repair neurological damage caused by multiple sclerosis.

More than eight years ago, Tom Lane helped discover a potential way to prevent multiple sclerosis from affecting the central nervous system. Now he’s leading an effort at UC Irvine to determine whether a stem-cell-based treatment can repair neurological damage caused by the chronic disease............

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It would be great to be able to get treated for CCSVI, which should stop the progression and then get the stem cell infusion to repair damage. Almost back to normal !

squiffy2 wrote:More than eight years ago, Tom Lane helped discover a potential way to prevent multiple sclerosis from affecting the central nervous system.

Any idea why this approach did not take off?