Investigators See Promise in Stem Cell Therapy for MS

A long-term research of 35 people suffering from the most aggressive version of multiple sclerosis has underscored the potential of a radical new stem cell treatment approach.

In the study, chemotherapy was used to eliminate all of a patient's blood cells, including the errant immune cells that trigger MS. Enriched bone marrow stem cells were transplanted back into the patients in the hope that it would "reboot" their immune system and moderate the disease.