by rss feed | Jun 11, 2024 | journal club, MSC-NPs, MSCs for MS, Multiple Sclerosis, News Feeds, Tisch MS Research Center
The idea of mesenchymal cells or MSCs for MS has been around for a long time. However, there haven’t been that many strong clinical trials testing it. There’s a new paper out that reports one of the stronger MSC-related trials for MS in terms of design. In...
by rss feed | Dec 3, 2023 | Multiple Sclerosis, News Feeds, weekly reads
For about as long as I’ve been writing The Niche, people have been asking about stem cells for MS. There’s a huge need for new therapies. While a chemo-based approach with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) looks to work for certain...
by rss feed | Oct 1, 2023 | Kimera Labs, Multiple Sclerosis, News Feeds, stem cells for MS, weekly reads
There has been a steady stream of encouraging data on stem cells for MS. Particularly for certain kinds of MS. A new study adds to this upbeat direction. Good news on stem cells for MS Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for treatment of relapsing-remitting...
by rss feed | Mar 6, 2022 | COVID-19, Multiple Sclerosis, News Feeds
About 1 million people are living with multiple sclerosis in the U.S. alone with millions of other cases around the world so a huge effort has gone into trying to find new approaches to the disease including stem cells for MS. We’ll start our weekly recommended...
by rss feed | Feb 8, 2022 | Moderna, Multiple Sclerosis, News Feeds
I’ve ended up learning a lot about multiple sclerosis (MS) while writing The Niche for the past twelve plus years, but I’ve never seen anything like the new research linking EBV and MS. EBV stands for Epstein Barr Virus. The reason I’ve learned much...
by rss feed | Aug 15, 2019 | Multiple Sclerosis, News Feeds
Scientists have found a way to rejuvenate brain stem cells in rats. The finding offers clues on how to restore lost brain function in diseases such as MS.