http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11224?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn11224

Pregnancy hormone reverses MS damage
21 February 2007 

A hormone produced during pregnancy could reverse some of the neurological
damage associated with multiple sclerosis, a mouse study suggests.
The finding could help explain why women with MS suffer fewer symptoms
during pregnancy. And the results suggest that the hormone - prolactin -
might one day be used to treat people with the disorder.
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But he says prolactin is special since it actually boosts the production of
new myelin, rather than simply preventing further loss. "What's unique about
prolactin is that it promotes the formation of new cells,"





Judy Ritchie

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