MS nerve damage repaired in lab

[piet11111]

US scientists have repaired the nerve damage caused by multiple sclerosis in lab experiments on mice.

The team, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, hope their work will eventually lead to new treatments.

MS is caused by a defect in the body's immune system, which turns in on itself, and attacks the fatty myelin sheath which coats the nerves.

The researchers used a human antibody to re-grow myelin in mice with the progressive form of MS.

link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7035883.stm)

all thanks to animal testing !

[Jazzratt]

Originally posted by [email protected] 10, 2007 08:14 am

US scientists have repaired the nerve damage caused by multiple sclerosis in lab experiments on mice.

The team, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, hope their work will eventually lead to new treatments.

MS is caused by a defect in the body's immune system, which turns in on itself, and attacks the fatty myelin sheath which coats the nerves.

The researchers used a human antibody to re-grow myelin in mice with the progressive form of MS.

link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7035883.stm)

all thanks to animal testing !
Don't say that the ALF Apologists will flood this thread :P :ph34r:

This is great news, especially for those who know/are MS sufferers :)

[RedAnarchist]

Whilst some animal testing is unecessary and should be opposed, it is a great tactic in the battle against disease adn should never be totally ignored.

[Dr Mindbender]

i think stem cell research would make animal testing obsolete.