Sunday, July 17, 2005

Neural Cell Transplants Fight Immune Attack In Mice With Multiple Sclerosis

Source: National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Posted: July 17, 2005

Summary:

Researchers at the San Raffaele Hospital (Milan, Italy) published unexpected results of studies in which immature nerve cells (adult mouse neural stem cells) injected into the blood of mice with MS-like disease were able to suppress the immune attacks that damage the brain and spinal cord tissues.