Stem cell treatment offers hope for MS patients

Some sufferers able to walk again after stem cell transplant

A stem cell treatment for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has enabled some patients to walk again, doctors have told a BBC Panorama programme.

About 20 patients have received bone marrow transplants using their own stem cells in a clinical trial at Sheffield’s Royal Hallamshire Hospital, which is also being run in the US, Sweden, and Brazil.