Life in a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. B.M.A.T.C., and Etruscan typewriter erasers. Blogged by David Gorsline.
Friday, 4 November 2005 
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Fragment of an imaginary conversation I wish I'd overheard: "It's not beige! Beige is a completely different color. It's khaki!" posted: 2:47:39 PM |
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Gaia Vince reports on research by Larry Steinman of Stanford and Michael Platten of the University of Tübingen into a novel treatment for multiple sclerosis. Oral administration of synthetic kynurenines suppressed an analogous disease in lab mice and slowed its progression.
The mice on the tablets also had "re-programmed" T-cell function, [says Platten]: "Instead of being pro-inflammatory, the T-cells became anti-inflammatory, helping to heal the myelin sheath and suppressing paralysis."
It's possible that clinical trials could begin as early as 2006. posted: 12:15:16 AM |
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