May 26, 2009

Five or so years ago MS was a focal auto-immune disease of the white matter. Now it appears diffuse (not focal), maybe not auto-immune, and neuro-degenerative (gray and white matter).

Here's another study piling on the evidence that we need to look at this disease differently.

It had seemed, momentarily, that the new administration was going to reverse the position of the Bush administration on the use of stem cells in federally funded research. Stem cells hold great promise for the treatment of many diseases, including MS.

Now it seems that politics means more than cures to our new president.