Multiple Sclerosis 

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Multiple sclerosis was first described as a disease in 1868 and damages the "myelin sheath" protecting nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Companies like StemGenex offer treatment for MS by introducing adult mesenchymal stem cells past the blood brain barrier. There the stem cells transform into and repair the myelin sheath nerve cells, a process called remyelination.The mesenchymal stem cells can repair the immune system to keep it from attacking itself in a process called immunomodulation.

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