1 posted on
03/10/2006 5:43:00 PM PST by
Coleus
To: Coleus
The headline led me to think the story was about computers. I need to spend less time on this stupid thing.
2 posted on
03/10/2006 5:48:23 PM PST by
EricT.
("I reject your reality and substitute my own."-Adam Savage)
To: Coleus; cgk; afraidfortherepublic
3 posted on
03/10/2006 5:53:34 PM PST by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Coleus
4 posted on
03/10/2006 6:00:45 PM PST by
jeremiah
(Anyone got a tagline for rent?)
To: Coleus
Those eeeeevvvil drug companies are doint it again! I'll bet that they even want to be PAID!
5 posted on
03/10/2006 6:35:04 PM PST by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: SuziQ
8 posted on
03/10/2006 8:03:59 PM PST by
SirKit
(Truth is Precious---The Truth is of the Essence of God)
To: Coleus
10 posted on
03/10/2006 8:04:54 PM PST by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: Coleus
To: Coleus
Wish this had come sooner. I have an uncle with MS who is a near-immobile shell of his once athletic and vital self.
12 posted on
03/10/2006 8:39:03 PM PST by
Denver Ditdat
(Melting solder since 1975)
To: Coleus
This is actually quite promising (for once) - if the FDA and the trial lawyers don't screw it up.
14 posted on
03/11/2006 12:30:43 PM PST by
Jim Noble
(And you know what I'm talkin' 'bout!)
To: Coleus
16 posted on
03/11/2006 12:32:25 PM PST by
Centurion2000
(Islam's true face: http://makeashorterlink.com/?J169127BC)
To: Coleus; Iwo Jima; longhair; YankeeGirl; PoplarWill; DYngbld; octobersky; Incorrigible; ...
Thank you for the head's up, Incorrigible!
MS ping!
Please FReepmail me if you would like to be added to, or removed from, the Multiple Sclerosis ping list...
17 posted on
03/11/2006 4:09:42 PM PST by
cgk
(I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
To: Coleus; cva66snipe; Iwo Jima; longhair; YankeeGirl; PoplarWill; DYngbld; octobersky; ...
Israel is also trying out a vaccine on MS patients:
Israeli researcher closes in on vaccine for autoimmune diseases
Excerpt: A revolutionary approach developed in Israel which uses the body's own cells as a vaccine for treating autoimmune diseases is showing tremendous potential in human trials.
The most recent trials are taking place at Sheba Hospital and Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where multiple sclerosis patients are being vaccinated in hope that it will slow down the deteriorative effects of their disease. The results of the double-blind studies are expected to be released in coming months.
The trials are based on scientific research dating back 25 years to the laboratory of Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute. In 1981, Cohen and one of his students, Avraham Bin-Nun, first published their observation that the cells that trigger autoimmune diseases - called T-cells - can be adapted to vaccinate the body against their destructive action. T-cells are a subset of lymphocytes that play a large role in the immune response. The abbreviation "T" stands for thymus, the organ in which their final stage of development occurs.
18 posted on
03/12/2006 3:40:30 PM PST by
cgk
(I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
To: Coleus
To: Coleus
Hoping for a breakthrough here. The key is that those "renegade cells" that attack the myelin sheath are also a part of the immune system that eliminates their damaged counterparts. It is essentially using the immune system to counter an autoimmune reaction, which is pretty slick.
Crossing my fingers. A lot of people would get their lives back.
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