Diabetes drug offers hope of new treatment for multiple sclerosis
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#4RN6K)
Trial using rats showed the drug metformin repaired nerve damage caused by the disease
Scientists have raised hopes of a new treatment for multiple sclerosis after animal studies showed a common diabetes drug can repair nerve damage caused by the disease.
The effect of the drug was so striking that doctors in Cambridge are now planning a clinical trial of MS patients next year.
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