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Given that a number of people have received this treatment / are thinking about it, here is an abstract of some research to be presented in April about disability improvements.

Ian

http://www.abstracts2view.com/aan2009se ... 9L_P06.145

Sharon, If you were younger I'd give you a kiss to say thank you. But, my New Year's resolution was to cut down on MS websites and I get sucked in to all the abstract stuff. Given my interest in EBV ( and Prof Giovannoni who is one of my neuros), the following is of interest: http://www.abstracts2vi...

First thing - please can someone make my link shorter! Regarding a cure: Taking prevention first - plans are underway for a prevention study on the basis of the recent Vit D research (by Prof Ebers). If successful, this could mean that people (I'm guessing Vit D given to pregnant women and young chi...

I think I posted this in Summer 2007, but given today's research the talk by Professor Ebers may be of interest.

Ian

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Progress report of the Promise 2010 initiative.

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/n ... px?nid=758

Two recent research articles on EBV and MS

http://www.msif.org/go.rm?id=17648

http://www.msif.org/go.rm?id=17642

Dirucotide (MBP8298) Phase II Study fails to meet primary endpoints in Multiple Sclerosis patients 30 January 2009 BioMS Medical Corp. announced that the MINDSET-01 study, an exploratory phase II clinical trial evaluating dirucotide in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple Sclerosis or MS fail...

I posted this in the stem cell section, but thought it would be of general interest.

Ian


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7858559.stm

Everyone is getting on the worm bandwagon. This article includes a nice image of Lyon's lady wife.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7856095.stm

A little dirt is good for you 27 January 2009 Ask mothers why babies are constantly picking things up from the floor or ground and putting them in their mouths, and chances are they’ll say that it’s instinctive — that that’s how babies explore the world. But why the mouth, when sight, hearing, touc...

Dignan,

You''ll have to get up earlier to beat me.

Ian

http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/recentst ... sp?id=2809

Worm gene provides possible hope for restoring nerves damaged by MS 23 January 2009 University of Utah scientists identified a worm gene that is essential for damaged nerve cells to regenerate, and showed they could speed nerve regeneration by over-activating the gene – a step toward new treatments...

Positve, but realistic article on effectiveness of Camapth. Buzz around Campath proof-of-concept trial in MS 16 January 2009 When news broke in October that an approved cancer therapy had, for the first time, halted the progress of multiple sclerosis (MS), excitement was tangible among clinicians an...

New Biogen drug seeks to repair Multiple Sclerosis damage 14 January 2009 Reversing the damage done by multiple sclerosis would be a dream come true for patients of the debilitating disease, and there is some promising research working toward that goal. The condition is thought to occur when the bo...