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An international team has shown that the injection of a type of stem cell into the brains of patients living with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is safe, well tolerated and has a long-lasting effect that appears to protect the brain from further damage.
More than 130,000 people in the UK are estimated to have MS, with nearly 7,000 diagnosed every year. Scientists have found a treatment which could press pause on illness.
An injection of stem cells into the brain could be a future cure for multiple sclerosis (MS), after a pioneering trial by Cambridge scientists found it slowed the disease.
<p>An international team has shown that the injection of a type of stem cell into the brains of patients living with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is safe, well tolerated and has a long-lasting effect that appears to protect the brain from further damage.</p>
The therapy aims to replace the insulin-producing beta cells that people with Type 1 diabetes lack.