Well, its a start I suppose: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7136088.stm
"Antibioticsi are cheap and easil available, which could make them an attractive treatment for MSi if they were shown to be beneficial" - Dr Laura Bell, MS Society
Adding antibiotics to standard drug therapy may slow down the progress of multiple sclerosis, research suggests.
Patients showed fewer symptoms and fewer signs of tissue damage when they took the antibiotic doxycycline alongside the MS drug beta interferon.
Louisiana State University researchers believe the antibiotic may block the action of enzyme that destroy certain cells in the nervous system.
Archives of Neurology reports the study involving 15 patients on its website..........................
As important as the trial is the fact that the MS Society, presumably the British one, is waking up.............Sarah