University of Bristol, Senate House, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK A groundbreaking trial by academics at the University of Bristol to test bone marrow stem cell therapy with a small group of patients with multiple sclerosis has been shown to have possible benefits for the treatment of the disease New research from the University of Bristol has found that the rights and needs of young men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy ­are being severely restricted by the failure of many services to provide good planning and support