Report on remission in patients with MS three years after stem cell transplant

Three years after a small number of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were treated with high-dose immunosuppressive therapy and then transplanted with their own hematopoietic stem cells, most of the patients sustained remission of active relapsing-remitting MS and had improvements in neurological function, according to a study. More...

Laparoscopic surgery for bladder cancer leads to good long-term cancer control

Long-term survival rates following laparoscopic surgery for bladder cancer are comparable to those of open surgery, according to a study. More...

How lungs protect themselves from infection

Scientists have taken an important step toward a new class of antibiotics aimed at stopping lung infections. More...