Immune cells against glandular fever may hold the key to treating multiple sclerosis, scientists have claimed.
In a small trial, patients with MS were implanted with T-cells that target the virus that causes glandular fever.
Brain scans suggested the progression of the condition was slowed down or even reversed some sufferers.
Patients who yielded results also had ‘sustained disability improvement’, including being able to walk with less pain.
T-cells were extracted from people who had recovered from Epstein-Barr virus, which has been touted as a possible cause of MS.
US scientists who did the research accept the study was small and could not rule out the placebo effect — when someone feels better simply because they expected to.
But it could mark a significant step forward in experts’ understanding of MS, which is currently incurable and can only be managed with drugs.
Scientists are still not exactly sure of what causes the disease that affects around 130,000 people in the UK and more than 900,000 Americans.
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