Stem cells 'halt nerve disease'

An injection of stem cells has been used to cure mice with a normally fatal nervous system condition.The therapy which helped repair faulty nerve wiring raises hopes of treatments for children with rare and deadly nervous leukodystrophy disorders.

Two of the mice lived longer than usual, but the other four were still alive a year later, free from virtually all symptoms.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7435137.stm

Not likely to be available any time soon for similar human diseases but it's a start.

A genuine treatment for MS would be a huge benefit to many people, lets hope this research can help with that