Actress selma blairis undergoing a treatment to reboot her immune system as she continues her battle with multiple sclerosis ms.
Ms stem cell breakthrough.
Mesenchymal stem cells mscs can combat inflammation within the body.
One of these experimental treatments is hematopoietic stem cell therapy hsct.
According a press release the treatment combats the disease by using chemotherapy to suppress their immune system then resetting it.
Mscs mesenchymal stem cells adult stem cells found in several places in the body including the bone marrow skin and fat tissue.
R esearchers reported encouraging results for a stem cell transplant for multiple sclerosis ms that some doctors and patients hope will be a breakthrough for ms treatment.
They produce cells which help other stem cells function properly.
The use of expanded cord tissue derived umbilical cord cells have made it possible to potentially treat ms more effectively.
Ms causes the immune system to attack a person s nerve cells.
D octors on sunday hailed what they say is a major breakthrough in the treatment of multiple sclerosis halting progress of the disease and relieving symptoms in some patients.
Dr emma gray head of clinical trials at the ms society said.
The research was published in the journal cell reports.
Breakthrough stem cell treatment for ms our mission is to reduce the pain and suffering from many of mankind s most devastating diseases and conditions by delivering the future promise of fetal stem cell therapy today.
And it comes with a high price.
Hsct involves extracting white blood cells from the bone marrow of the person with.
Blair is taking her instagram followers along with her as she undergoes hematopoietic stem cell transplantation hsct a treatment that has long been used to treat cancers of the blood and bone marrow.
This type of stem cell transplantation is a rapidly evolving area of ms research that holds a lot of promise for people with certain.