Stem cell cure hope for MS patients
13 hours ago
Stem-cell treatment could be used to help reverse the effects of
multiple sclerosis within 15 years, a leading expert on the disease
has said.
Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, the director of a groundbreaking
MS research centre in Edinburgh, said the treatment could be used to
halt the decline of patients suffering from the debilitating nerve
condition.
In an interview with The Herald newspaper, Prof ffrench-Constant said
stem cells could be used to help repair nerve damage caused by MS.
He said he wanted to find a way to make the body rebuild myelin - the
sheath which protects nerve fibres - using stem cells, which have the
ability to turn into different types of tissue.
At present, medicines can only help reduce the inflammation which
causes MS.
Prof ffrench-Constant told The Herald: "My vision for a patient
coming into a clinic in 10 or maybe 15 years' time is they will be
given a mixture of drugs to prevent the inflammation and to promote
repair. That way, MS would no longer be a chronic, disabling disease."
He added that he wanted to find ways of using stem cells already
present in the brain to make new myelin.
The MS research centre is part of the Scottish Centre for
Regenerative Medicine at Edinburgh University.
It was launched thanks to a major donation from Harry Potter author,
JK Rowling, whose mother died from the condition.
MS affects an estimated 85,000 people in the UK.
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StemCells subscribers may also be interested in these sites:
Children's Neurobiological Solutions
http://www.CNSfoundation.org/
Cord Blood Registry
http://www.CordBlood.com/at.cgi?a=150123
The CNS Healing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNS_Healing
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