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Teams from UC Riverside and New York's Rockefeller University have both used the same compound, indazole chloride, to successfully reverse the progression of MS in mice. The drug appears to be able to stimulate the regeneration of the myelin sheath, and dramatically reduce symptoms.

There's likely a lot of frayed bristles laying in landfill right now. But must our dental care devices take on such as short lifespan? The Goodwell toothbrush is a modern take on oral hygiene, built from eco-friendly materials and made to last until you haven't got any teeth left to brush.

A new Kickstarter aims to make deodorant more environmentally friendly by cutting back on plastic packaging. By replacing the disposable stick with a reusable dispenser, ClickStick's designers claim plastic waste is cut by 90 percent. But is the good work undone by overcomplicating a simple product?

Developed in collaboration with design firm IDEO London and students from Lund and Eindhoven universities, the Ikea Concept Kitchen 2025 is designed to make people more creative about food while nudging them toward a more eco-friendly lifestyle.

McLaren has continued its rapid range expansion with its new "entry-level" 540C Coupé. This isn't your average poverty-pack range starter, however, with the cheapest member of McLaren's Sport Series still capable of a 3.5 second sprint to 100 km/h (62 mph) thanks to its twin-turbo V8 engine.

Sena's 10C packs the features of the SMH-10 Bluetooth headset and the Prism action camera into one compact headset unit that handles intercom, music, phone, FM radio, photos and video recording into one. After just a few days with it, we're happy to proclaim it the best gadget Sena's made to date.

Surfline is an established service that provides information on surf conditions, in the form of alerts on a smartphone app. Now, Surfline has partnered with Nixon to provide such alerts on an easier-to-access sports watch, known as the Ultratide.

In an effort to help supply logistics keep up with robotic manufacturing, the EU's Pan-Robots project is working to create warehouse robots that are faster, more efficient, and safer than both manual operations or current robotic systems.

Volkswagen is at the Shanghai International Auto Show hinting at a possible expansion of its model range with its C Coupé GTE concept. The automaker says that "if it were to go into production," the saloon would slot in between the Passat and Phaeton in Volkswagens model line up.

Central Japan Railway Company's high-speed maglev train has been busy setting records and then breaking them again in the past week. Most recently, the test train hit a top speed of 603 km/h (375 mph) on Tuesday, on the Yamanashi test track west of Tokyo.

Last September, we spied a prototype of Virtue Cycles' Pedalist electric-assist velomobile at Interbike in Las Vegas. Now, the San Diego-based company has turned to Kickstarter to fund production of the vehicle, plus it's provided a little more in the way of specs.

When it comes to conducting a routine blood test, one US-based company believes that needles can be removed from the equation completely. Its HemoLink blood sampler can be operated by the patient at home, and needs only to be placed against the outside of skin for two minutes to do its job.