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... , but does not contain statements about what "the workshop" or "all its participants" concluded. This summary is not a formal product of the lOM Committee on MS Research Strategies.
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... :: ~ ~ : : ~ ~ ~ : i: :: : :: Recomme:nciations for Future Research on Disease Management ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ I: i: : BREAKOUT GROUP By: Discussion Leaders, Stephen Hauser and Sharon Juliano; Rapporteur, Henry Glaman Therapeutics RECOMMENDATION 8: Strategies for protection and repair of neural cells, including the use of neuroprotective factors as well as stem cells, hold great promise for the treatment of MISS ~and- should be a major research priority. ~ ~: RECOMMENDATION 9: New, more effective therapeutic approaches to symptomatic management should be pursued, including those directed at neuropathic pain and sensory disturbances.
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... : : : ~ : :::: : RECOMMENDATION 15: Concerted efforts should be made to stimulate enduring interdisciplinary ~collaborations among researchers in the biological and Non-biological sciences relevant to MISS and to recruit researchers from other fields into MS research. RECOMMENDATION 16: Programs to increase research efficiency should be developed, including collaborations to enable expensive large-scale projects (for example, clinical trials, genome screens)
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