Strange Cure for MS?

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It seems that a number of MS sufferers were accidentally "cured" of the disease while an attempt was being made to study how it progressed. The quotes are there because MS is a tricky disease and seven years without symptoms doesn't conclusively prove that it won't come back. In fact, doctors were expecting it would, but so far it hasn't. They used harsh chemotherapy drugs to destroy the sufferers bone marrow, and then gave stem cell injects to make it regrow. They were expecting a temporary remission and were trying to find out how long it would take for full MS to return. Instead, seven years later, its still gone.