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    MS "breakthrough" with older drug

    Australian researchers are one step closer to find a new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) that may be able to reverse the effects the disease has on the brain.

    Researches from Monash University in Melbourne believe they can achieve the results by using an old drug called Ditpa.

    When the drug was trialled on mice, the paralysed animals were able to walk again.

    “We don’t have any drugs that are available at the moment that can enhance the repair mechanism that this drug is purported to do,” Dr Steve Petratos from Monash University told 7NEWS.

    “With MS, this drug could have profound outcomes in quality of life for individual patients,” Petratos added.

    The research team now needs $2 million to get the drug ready for human clinical trials, which could happen within three to five years.

    Source: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/healt...tment-c-702216

    #2
    Thanks Marco!

    More encouraging news.

    Now, let's hope the $2 million funding will come soon so they can get the ball rolling.

    Take Care
    PPMS for 26 years (dx 1998)
    ~ Worrying will not take away tomorrow's troubles ~ But it will take away today's peace. ~

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      #3
      Thank you very much Marco for sharing this news
      it is very promising

      I wish one of giant high tech companies did Care about this disabling disease, would chip in to this research

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