We can only hope that major breakthroughs are going to be achieved as research in the field is quite intensive. 1) "Scientists continue their efforts to create new and better therapies for multiple sclerosis. There are a number of treatments under investigation that may improve function, curtail attacks, or limit the progression of the underlying disease. Many treatments already in clinical trials involve drugs that are used in other diseases or medications that have not been designed specifically for MS. There are also trials involving the combination of drugs that are already in use for multiple sclerosis. Finally, there are also many basic investigations that try to understand better the disease and in the future may help to find new treatments." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapies_under_investigation_for_multiple_sclerosis 2) "A GROUNDBREAKING treatment to reverse the effects of multiple sclerosis could be developed within 10 years, it is claimed. Scientists at the Edinburgh University MS centre - launched last year thanks to a £2million donation from Harry Potter author JK Rowling - predict they will be able to use stem cells to repair nerve damage caused by the disease. The researchers say the treatment could either be injected into the bloodstream or taken as a pill." "Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, director of the new centre, said: "My vision for a patient coming into a clinic in 10 or maybe 15 years' time is they will be given a mixture of drugs to prevent the inflammation and to promote repair. "That way, MS would no longer be a chronic, disabling disease. MS affects more than 10,000 Scots, the highest incidence of the disease in the world. Rowling's mum Anne died in 1990, aged 45, after being diagnosed with MS 10 years earlier." Source and further information: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/04/24/cure-for-multiple-sclerosis-predicted-within-10-years-86908-20392739/ 3) Further information: - "Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis is One Thousand Steps Closer to a Cure for MS": http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Accelerated-Cure-Project-for-Multiple-Sclerosis-is-One-Thousand-Steps-Closer-to-a-Cure-for-MS-17557-1/ - "Cure for Multiple Sclerosis?": http://www.guide4living.com/multiple-sclerosis/cure.htm - "A cure for Multiple Sclerosis": http://www.bigeye.com/sexeducation/acureforMS.html - "Hope For A Cure For Multiple Sclerosis": http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2213261662 - "Researchers Closer To Cure For Multiple Sclerosis And Other Myelin-related Diseases": http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/55920.php - "Multiple sclerosis (Medical Encyclopedia)": http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000737.htm