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AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed the world's first stem cell model of multiple sclerosis, opening up new ways to study the debilitating disease and test treatments for it.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/st...#ixzz1hEFmwtUz
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Wow, great, something human to test instead of the damn mice!!! Looking forward to hearing more from this.

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Wow, great, something human to test instead of the damn mice!!! Looking forward to hearing more from this.

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Hey Sally,

That means the poor mouse will likely end up on the unemployment books :-))))

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Given there is no cure and current treatments work for only about 30 per cent of sufferers, Professor Bernard said
This is a disturbing figure in view of the numbers that some of the pharmaceutical companies tell us their drugs provide to MS patients!!

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This is a disturbing figure in view of the numbers that some of the pharmaceutical companies tell us their drugs provide to MS patients!!

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Harry loose versions of that 30% figure are about all I have seen with regard to claims of ABCR efficacy from the drug companies.

With regard to human stem cell research all I can say is it is about damn time!! It very likely will not be the magic bullet we pray for but at least in that case we can move on and focus on another angle.
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Harry loose versions of that 30% figure are about all I have seen with regard to claims of ABCR efficacy from the drug companies.

With regard to human stem cell research all I can say is it is about damn time!! It very likely will not be the magic bullet we pray for but at least in that case we can move on and focus on another angle.
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I was adding Tysabri and Gileneya into that group because the numbers initially given by the makers of those drugs have been stated at around 60-70% effectiveness. As for the CRABs, you are right in saying the loose number is about 30% although over the years higher efficacy rates were claimed.

It would be nice if something came out of the stem cell research. So far it has been a very risky procedure since a patient's immune system is virtually wiped out before being given the stem cells.

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