23 Sep 2017

Science news: MS gene therapy & electric eels

From This Way Up, 12:50 pm on 23 September 2017
Master Sgt. Angel McKenzie, 707th Communications Squadron Operations superintendent, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis back in 2003.

Master Sgt. Angel McKenzie, 707th Communications Squadron Operations superintendent, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis back in 2003. Photo: (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

A potential new way to treat and stop the progression of MS or multiple sclerosis using gene therapy.

And the shocking science of electric eels; a decent-sized specimen can deliver an electric shock ten times more powerful than a TASER, a new study shows.