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Israeli team developing Multiple Sclerosis drug revolution Could multiple sclerosis patients be spared the needle? A team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem thinks it's possible. The team, headed by Prof. Elka Touitou, has developed a way to transmit medications to the brain through the nose. This breakthrough could change the way drugs to treat MS, an incurable disease, are administered, addressing a potential market worth $6 billion a year.

The team, including doctoral student Shaher Duchi and Prof. Haim Ovadia, will be presenting their nasal drug delivery method at the Biomed Israel Conference 2008 this week. Touitou says the carrier they developed contains particles mere hundreds of nanometers in size that are found in biological membranes. These particles open a path for the drug to penetrate the nasal mucous membranes, whence they reach the brain...................

For the full report please go to MSRC: MS Research News : New Discoveries : Technology


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