Multiple sclerosis: Phase 1 trial safely resets patients' immune systems, reduces attack on myelin protein

A phase 1 clinical trial for the first treatment to reset the immune system of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients showed the therapy was safe and dramatically reduced patients' immune systems' reactivity to myelin by 50 to 75 percent. The therapy used billions of patients' own specially processed blood cells to create tolerance to myelin, the insulating layer that forms around nerves. In MS, the immune system attacks myelin. The approach left the normal immune system intact.http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/0...