Doctors begin major stem cell trial on MS patients

A large-scale human trial is about to get underway to determine whether stem cell replacement could slow, stop, or even reverse the damage caused by Multiple Sclerosis.

If the testing is successful, a reliable treatment for the disease could be available within five years.

Later this year, some 2-hundred volunteers around the world will have stem cells harvested from their bone marrow and grown in a lab before being injected into the bloodstream.

Scientists from the Imperial College in London conducting the testing hope the cells will target the nerve lesions caused by MS, and repair the damage.

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