BioNTech, achieves breakthrough in quest for multiple sclerosis vaccine

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BioNTech, the German biotechnology company that developed a coronavirus vaccine with U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, has found some success using the same mRNA technique while attempting to treat multiple sclerosis in lab mice.

In a new report published in the medial journal, Science, BioNTech revealed it had encoded MS-specific autoantigens that effectively combated the condition when administered via shot to mice. It also prevented further deterioration in mice showing early symptoms linked to MS.

Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating disease, which is not caused by a virus,that targets the immune system and attacks the protective covering on nerve cells in the brain and along the spinal chord. It ultimately results in a disruption of signals between those cells and their intended destination in the human body, triggering neurological, sensory, and motor issues.

Scientists also noted the vaccine showed no signs of overall immune suppression, an issue linked to current immunosuppressive therapies for MS.

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronav...0210112-z5huyyfgtfhvvlkwkobxmthrz4-story.html

 

[Ruthanne]

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BioNTech, the German biotechnology company that developed a coronavirus vaccine with U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, has found some success using the same mRNA technique while attempting to treat multiple sclerosis in lab mice.

In a new report published in the medial journal, Science, BioNTech revealed it had encoded MS-specific autoantigens that effectively combated the condition when administered via shot to mice. It also prevented further deterioration in mice showing early symptoms linked to MS.

Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating disease, which is not caused by a virus,that targets the immune system and attacks the protective covering on nerve cells in the brain and along the spinal chord. It ultimately results in a disruption of signals between those cells and their intended destination in the human body, triggering neurological, sensory, and motor issues.

Scientists also noted the vaccine showed no signs of overall immune suppression, an issue linked to current immunosuppressive therapies for MS.

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronav...0210112-z5huyyfgtfhvvlkwkobxmthrz4-story.html

That's great news as a relative of mine has MS.

 

[Happyflowerlady]

My daughter also has MS, and she is still able to work but it affects her a lot. She is on medication for the MS, but her level of exhaustion is growing so great now that she sleeps most of the weekend that she is off work.
I have been following Dr. John McDougall’s Starch Solution diet, and so I get his little newsletters a couple times a week.
This last one was about the good healing effect that a whole food, plant-based diet can have to actually stop the MS and put it into remission.
I wanted to share this story of how one lady found Dr. McDougall, and how it helped her with her MS. It seems to me that whatever treatment a person is using for their disease, if a different diet can help, then it is a good thing to at least give it a try.

https://www.drmcdougall.com/article...rom-multiple-sclerosis-to-complete-remission/

 

[911]

I wish they would find a cure or a remedy that would lessen the effects for Parkinson's Disease. But, this is very good news for those with MS.

 

[Lethe200]

Oh, I hope future trials go well. I worked with a delightful young woman years ago, who confided to me she had just been diagnosed with MS. She said it felt like her body was a ticking time bomb, that someday would go off when she least expected it - and there was nothing she could do to stop it.