NEW THERAPY FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS LOOKS PROMISING
A new treatment that boosts immunity to Epstein-Barr virus may benefit patients with multiple sclerosis, according to the results of an Australian study published in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal.
In their study report, Michael Pender, a professor at the University of Queensland School of Medicine, Brisbane, and colleagues describe how a patient with advanced multiple sclerosis (MS) experienced noticeable clinical improvement after receiving 6 weeks of the immunotherapy treatment.
The patient, Gary Allen, has been unable to walk or transfer himself without assistance since 2008, and he works full-time from his home in Brisbane. He had his first MS attack in 1994 and was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS in 2000, which later developed into secondary progressive MS.
After receiving the treatment, he experienced a significant improvement in attention, memory, thinking and hand function, a reduction in fatigue and painful spasms, and increased work productivity.
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