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MS damage washed away by stream of young blood
New Scientist ^ | 1/14/12

Posted on 01/15/2012 12:48:11 AM PST by LibWhacker

A FOUNTAIN of youthful cells reverses the damage found in diseases like multiple sclerosis, a study in mice reveals.

Nerve cells lose their electrically insulating myelin sheath as MS develops. New myelin-generating cells can be produced from stem cells, but the process loses efficiency with age.

Julia Ruckh at the University of Cambridge, and colleagues, have found a way to reverse the age-related efficiency loss. They linked the bloodstreams of young mice to old mice with myelin damage. Exposure to youthful blood reactivated stem cells in the old mice, boosting myelin generation.

(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: blood; damage; sclerosis; stemcells

1 posted on 01/15/2012 12:48:22 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Today, I will be seeing a woman whose daughter was robbed of an active, full life by MS. If this pans out, it will mean hope for millions.


2 posted on 01/15/2012 1:26:20 AM PST by tanuki (Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
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To: LibWhacker
They linked the bloodstreams of young mice to old mice with myelin damage. Exposure to youthful blood reactivated stem cells in the old mice, boosting myelin generation.

More great news for mice everywhere - seems like hardly a week goes by without another exciting new medical breakthrough for mice being announced. Hopefully we humans will gain access to these exciting developments in mouse biotechnology in a far-off time when the FDA decrees that we are finally worthy.
3 posted on 01/15/2012 1:39:27 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: LibWhacker

Young blood rejuvenates? I've heard rumors to that effect.

4 posted on 01/15/2012 4:08:31 AM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
More great news for mice everywhere ...
Excellent point.
I've often wondered why, after the relatively "quick" success over polio 50 year ago, more hasn't been accomplished to cure and/or eradicate so many other diseases?
The only other one I can think of is smallpox.
5 posted on 01/15/2012 6:13:41 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven
I've often wondered why, after the relatively "quick" success over polio 50 year ago, more hasn't been accomplished to cure and/or eradicate so many other diseases?

There seems to be lots of stuff that works on mice but not on humans.

If there is a requirement that something work on mice before being tested on humans, then we will only see cures that work on mice and humans, and will not see anything that works on humans but not on mice.

6 posted on 01/15/2012 6:24:11 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: PapaBear3625
... and will not see anything that works on humans but not on mice.
Another good point, although I don't think there are any requirements or restrictions on test subject types.
7 posted on 01/15/2012 6:30:56 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: All

Oh yes, it’s great being a lab rat...

1. Three square meals a day
2. Lots of exercise
3. Funky rodent lovin every night
4. No cats, hawks or dogs
5. Lots of attention
6. Most of all, YOUR DISEASES ARE CURED!!!

Just one slight problem. You never get to enjoy your pension or retirement benefits because the “da man” gotta slice you up in something called an “autopsy”.

There’s always a catch ;-)


8 posted on 01/15/2012 6:37:30 AM PST by ak267
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To: ak267

LOL


9 posted on 01/15/2012 6:41:14 AM PST by KSCITYBOY
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To: oh8eleven
I've often wondered why, after the relatively "quick" success over polio 50 year ago, more hasn't been accomplished to cure and/or eradicate so many other diseases?

That's because the etiology of most diseases is a bit more complicated than an infectious agent. Even most infectious diseases are more complicated than polio or smallpox. It takes a lot of research to understand the cause of these diseases, and then a lot more to figure out a good way to treat the diseases.

10 posted on 01/15/2012 7:27:24 AM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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It takes a lot of research to understand the cause of these diseases, and then a lot more to figure out a good way to treat the diseases.
Psychobabble. It's been over half a century and as far as I'm concerned, the successes have been next to nothing.
The Jerry Lewis Telethon comes to mind - $2.5 BILLION and the progress is ... ?


11 posted on 01/15/2012 8:35:25 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: LibWhacker

I know a few people fighting MS. Does anyone know anything about this magazine? Clicking on their ‘magazine’ tab on their site shows 3 example covers featuring...electric cars, the end of civilization and global warming.


12 posted on 01/15/2012 9:01:17 AM PST by Sven Tremain
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To: oh8eleven
Psychobabble. It's been over half a century and as far as I'm concerned, the successes have been next to nothing. The Jerry Lewis Telethon comes to mind - $2.5 BILLION and the progress is ... ?

Not psychobabble. It's just a reflection of how slow scientific progress is, especially in the biological sciences. Leprosy, for example, has been known for thousands of years, but the causative agent was only identified in the late 1800s, and a curative treatment was only developed in the 1980s.

In the case of Muscular Dystrophy, all of that money spent on research has allowed us to determine that there are several genetic defects that cause it, and some of the specific defects have been identified. Now, the challenge is to devise a way to treat genetic diseases, a topic of active research.

13 posted on 01/15/2012 1:08:39 PM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: LibWhacker

I came across this video about how this lady beat her MS with the paleo diet. It’s very interesting and informative.

http://wimp.com/mindingmitochondria/


14 posted on 01/24/2012 7:55:35 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

No audio on this computer, unfortunately, but was able to find lots of articles about the link between the paleo diet and MS (and lots of other diseases as well) with Google. Fascinating, thanks.


15 posted on 01/25/2012 3:29:45 AM PST by LibWhacker
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