MS reversed in mice

[lhyman]

Researchers at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital say they've successfully reversed multiple sclerosis in mice, fuelling hope there could soon be treatment available to humans.

http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090812/mtl_090812/20090812/?hub=MontrealHome

 

[Smith6612]

Well, this does sound promising. I'm hoping some cures will come out of this.

 

[descalzo]

I want to hear from the PETA "never experiment with animals" types on this.

Only so much can be done in cell cultures, etc. Eventually you have to test things like this on animals that are close enough to humans to show effectiveness and possible problems. Guess the PETA people want humans to be the first test.

I hope this works a well as the preliminary tests seem to indicate.

 

[aushol]

Good news indeed.

 

[dylburger]

Interesting... But I'm very skeptical because the article doesn't start with "in the August issue of". Those people would be out of there minds from a scientific perspective to not publish in a major peer reviewed journal before announcing to mass media.

It seems to me to be a case of people overstating their results. Like how every cardiovascular lab has "prevented the damaging effects of a heart attack" in mouse models.