Multiple Sclerosis Damage Washed Away By Stream of Young Blood

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 14, 2012 @11:07AM from the finally-a-use-for-twilight-fans dept.

FatLittleMonkey writes "A new study on mice suggests damage caused by diseases like Multiple sclerosis, as well as natural aging, can be reversed by an infusion of stem cell rich blood from younger mice. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that erodes the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord, and can result in serious disability. Similar effects occur naturally with aging. From New Scientist: 'White blood cells called macrophages from the young mice gathered at the sites of myelin damage. Macrophages engulf and destroy pathogens and debris, including destroyed myelin. "We know this debris inhibits regeneration, so clearing it up is important," says team member Amy Wagers of Harvard University.' Here's the academic paper's abstract."

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Virgins... by bhagwad · 2012-01-14 11:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Need to bathe me in some virgin blood - Ahahahahaha!
Finally! by BradleyUffner · 2012-01-14 11:14 · Score: 5, Funny

A use for all those annoying neighborhood children.
1. Re:Finally! by Darinbob · 2012-01-14 12:12 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Hey you kids! Don't get off my lawn! In fact, there's even better grass down in the basement, come check it out!
Re:Back to the Future by SomePgmr · 2012-01-14 11:27 · Score: 5, Funny

We should try it anyway. For Marty's sake.
Re:Links to Aspartame by antifoidulus · 2012-01-14 11:34 · Score: 5, Funny

I always thought the high incidence of MS in Seattle was due to their headquarters being in Redmond

*ducks

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Re:Back to the Future by jamesh · 2012-01-14 12:33 · Score: 5, Funny

I hate to break it to you, but he has Parkinson's, not MS.
when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a skull.