Nanotechnology treatment shows promise against multiple sclerosis

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(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

Scientists have been able to reverse multiple sclerosis symptoms in mice with a nanotechnology treatment derived from bone marrow stem cells. In past experiments, intravenously injected stem cells often got trapped in filter organs before reaching their target. For this study, the researchers avoided that problem by extracting nano-sized particles called exosomes from the stem cells and injecting them into mice with multiple sclerosis.