New hope for MS sufferers: Drug shown to alleviate symptoms in mice

Researchers are zeroing in on what looks like an effective treatment for the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. Teams from UC Riverside and New York's Rockefeller University have both used the same compound, indazole chloride, to successfully reverse the progression of MS in mice. The drug appears to be able to stimulate the regeneration of the myelin sheath – the nerve pathway coating that is progressively destroyed as MS attacks the nervous system... Continue Reading New hope for MS sufferers: Drug shown to alleviate symptoms in mice



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Tags: Disease, estrogen, Health, Multiple Sclerosis, Research, The Immune System



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