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Post by MSUK » Tue May 09, 2017 2:06 am

Hundreds of British patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) are set to take part in a trial where they will be given simvastatin, a cheap anti-cholesterol drug that could delay symptoms...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/ms-patients-trial- ... ent-090517

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