PharmaFrontiers Corp, a company involved in the development and commercialization of cell therapies, announced today that its paper entitled, "Autologous Trivalent T Cell Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Study of Patients Previously Treated with   more »

Skeletal muscles naturally repair themselves very efficiently after injury. But when they don't, otherwise successful recovery following damage from overuse during exercise, surgery or trauma can be stymied. Furthermore, as we age, muscle repair slows noticeably, and in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and other degenerative muscle diseases, normal repair functions can't cope with   more »

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Is incontinence an MS factor? What therapy is recommended?

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