Inexpensive hypertension drug could be multiple sclerosis treatment, Stanford study shows
Monday, August 17, 2009 - 15:49
in Health & Medicine
STANFORD, Calif. -- Turning serendipity into science, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a link, in mice and in human brain tissue, between high blood pressure and multiple sclerosis. Their findings suggest that a safe, inexpensive drug already in wide use for high blood pressure may have therapeutic value in multiple sclerosis, as well.