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Editors Human Trials: Man Cured of Multiple Sclerosis Using Adult Stem Cells 2/23/2009 11:40:00 AM

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A Northwestern University clinical trial using adult stem cells 'cures' Edwin McClure, a Virginia Commonwealth University advertising graduate student with multiple sclerosis.

Stem cells were removed from his bone marrow and grown in a lab. His existing cells were destroyed by chemotherapy, then replaced by the new ones via injection.

His symptoms have since disappeared.

Editors Human Trials: Adult Stem Cell Therapy Stabilizes Multiple Sclerosis Patients 2/1/2009 1:00:00 PM

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Northwestern University researchers used stem cells from a patient's own body (adult stem cells) in 21 patients, 11 women and 10 men, with relapsing-remitting MS who had not responded to treatment.

After three years, 17 patients improved. This is very hopeful since, most people with MS , after the 10 year mark, usually develop a secondary-progressive form of the disease, and experience ...

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