Can MS be treated with stem cells?

[David Granovsky]

The recent article on Richard Humphries' triumph over his MS ( http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/my-ms-pain-is-gone/ ) prompted this response from a concerned reader. "Posting was bright and filled with promise, but, alas, not a lot of information. - CJD"

Good call CJD! I did some digging and would like to present the cumulative results to answer the question: Can MS be treated with stem cells?

You decide. Here are 11 articles from my blog, 47 from donmargolis.com, 28,000 from google news and 20 clinical trials from clinicaltrials.gov

From my blog…
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/fat-derived-stem-cells-might-treat-ms-us-news-and-world-report/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/britt%e2%80%99s-fight-against-multiple-sclerosis-hits-home-for-uncw-starnewsonlinecom-star-news-wilmington-nc/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/stem-cell-breakthrough-may-lead-to-ms-treatments-forbescom/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/my-battle-with-and-victory-over-ms-by-preston-walker-part-2/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/my-battle-with-and-victory-over-ms-by-preston-walker-part-1/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/study-stem-cell-transplants-could-reverse-ms-cloning-and-stem-cells-msnbccom/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/foxnewscom-college-student-with-multiple-sclerosis-symptom-free-after-stem-cell-treatment-health-news-current-health-news-medical-news/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/stem-cells-ms-multiple-sclerosis-cured-by-adult-stem-cells-video-stem-cell-research-and-stem-cell-therapy/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/multiple-sclerosis-ms-stem-cell-trials-us-is-starting-to-%e2%80%9ccatch-up%e2%80%9d/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/the-us-is-playing-catch-up-with-stem-cells-ms/
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/stem-cell-transplants-help-ms-victims/

…and 47 more articles here:
http://donmargolis.com/Home/Blog.aspx?tagname=Multiple%20Sclerosis

…and about 28,000 scholarly papers/studys on “MS stem cell” here:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=multiple%20sclerosis%20trial%20stem%20cell&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=ws

…and 20 responses from clinicaltrials.gov on “multiple sclerosis stem cell”
http://clinicaltrial.gov/ct2/results?term=multiple+sclerosis+stem+cel