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"The new technique, which is a treatment usually used to fight leukaemia, involves using chemotherapy to entirely eradicate the damaged immune system, before rebooting it with a transfusion of bone marrow cells."

Makes sense as a way to treat an auto-immune disorder.

[tiki]

I met a woman about 12 yrs ago with MS, she was a quadriplegic in her early 20s and they did chemo on her. They said it was a one time chance but it worked. She still had it and had bad spells at times but has led a fairly normal life for 37 years.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Ten years ago I read about HSCT being done successfully for a severely disabled Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferer whose inflammatory process was otherwise deemed un-treatable. She came through HSCT completely symptom-free.

I'd wanted to follow the story because it was of particular interest to me (I have R.A.) and never saw a follow-up. It made me wonder whether she had a bad relapse. Or if there were other side-effects of the treatment down the line which made them withdraw their first, optimistic assessment.