Multiple Sclerosis Damage Washed Away By Stream of Young Blood 216
FatLittleMonkey writes "A new study on mice suggests damage caused by diseases like Multiple sclerosis, as well as natural aging, can be reversed by an infusion of stem cell rich blood from younger mice. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that erodes the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord, and can result in serious disability. Similar effects occur naturally with aging. From New Scientist: 'White blood cells called macrophages from the young mice gathered at the sites of myelin damage. Macrophages engulf and destroy pathogens and debris, including destroyed myelin. "We know this debris inhibits regeneration, so clearing it up is important," says team member Amy Wagers of Harvard University.' Here's the academic paper's abstract."
Virgins... (Score:5, Funny)
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
A use for all those annoying neighborhood children.
Re:Virgins... (Score:5, Funny)
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Good news, everyone! (Score:5, Funny)
Professor Farnsworth knew it all along, so did Mr. Burns.
Re:Links to Aspartame (Score:5, Funny)
*ducks
Re:Links to Aspartame (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Virgins... (Score:2, Funny)
"Need to bathe me in some virgin blood - Ahahahahaha!"
All of the /. posters cower in fear.
Re:Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
Hey you kids! Don't get off my lawn! In fact, there's even better grass down in the basement, come check it out!
Re:Finally! (Score:2, Funny)
I'll be outside hiding in a bush with a video game tied to the end of a string. "Come on kids, take the bait..."
That explains a lot (Score:5, Funny)
natural aging, can be reversed by an infusion of stem cell rich blood from younger mice.
That explains how Dick Cheney manages to hang on so long; he's been sucking the life force from local villagers at night.
Re:Back to the Future (Score:5, Funny)
I hate to break it to you, but he has Parkinson's, not MS.
when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a skull.
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The study was made in cooperation with the University of Transylvania.