ARTICLE: Major Advance in Understanding Risky but Effective MS Treatment

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Mar. 26, 2013 — A new study by multiple sclerosis researchers at three Canadian centres addresses why bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has positive results in patients with particularly aggressive forms of MS. The transplantation treatment, which is performed as part of a clinical trial and carries potentially serious risks, virtually stops all new relapsing activity as observed upon clinical examination and brain MRI scans. The study reveals how the immune system changes as a result of the transplantation. Specifically, a sub-set of T cells in the immune system known as Th17 cells, have a substantially diminished function following the treatment.

The finding to be published in the upcoming issue of Annals of Neurology and currently in the early online version, provides important insight into how and why BMT treatment works as well as how relapses may develop in MS.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...is+Research%29

[ActiveMSers]

This is the abstract, but it's a bit Greek to me. The above article explains it better.

http://activemsers.wssnoc.net/showthread.php?t=1252