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Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS


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Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the protective coating covering nerve cells degenerates. Autoimmune dysfunction -- in which the body attacks itself -- is believed to be linked with MS.

"This immunoablative regimen (an immune-related therapy involving the destruction of a cell population) of cyclophosphamide for patients with aggressive MS is worthy of further study and may be an alternative to bone marrow transplantation," the study authors concluded.

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The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has more about multiple sclerosis.

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SOURCE: JAMA/Archives journals news release, June 9, 2008


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