Bone marrow stem cells self transplant can reduce Multiple
Sclerosis (MS) symptoms, and make the disease regress in some
cases. These are the hopeful results from a research on 21
patients diseased by MS, made by the Chicago Northwestern
University School of Medicine and published on Lancet Neurology.
“Since 3 years from self transplant all the patients watch their
conditions better.” Since these results, doctors decided to make
a bigger research involving more MS diseased people and
comparing new therapy’s results with olds’ ones. The experiment
is about taking marrow stem cells and then treating them to
remove ill lymphocytes which attack nerve fibers and then
causing MS. Stem cells are ready to create a ‘correct’ immune
system and transplant begins after this process. “Time factor”
is the nodal point for stem effectiveness because “operating
soon we can make the most of the body’s self-regeneration, which
can be lost in the long run”. Anyway scientists say also “it’s
not the final cure to MS”.