Immune Training MS trial 'safe'
An experimental treatment to stop the body attacking its own nervous system in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) appears safe in trials.
The sheath around nerves cells, made of myelin, is destroyed in MS, leaving the nerves struggling to pass on messages.
A study on nine patients, reported in Science Translational Medicine, tried to train the immune system to cease its assault on myelin.
The MS Society said the idea had "exciting potential".
As nerves lose their ability to talk to each other, the disease results in problems moving and balancing and can affect vision.
There are drugs that can reduce number and severity of attacks, but there is no cure.
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