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Researcher contends multiple sclerosis is not a disease of the immune system

Researcher contends multiple sclerosis is not a disease of the immune system

One researcher argues that multiple sclerosis, long viewed as primarily an autoimmune disease, is not actually a disease of the immune system. Dr. Angelique Corthals, a forensic anthropologist and professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, suggests instead that MS is caused by faulty lipid metabolism, in many ways...

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New Drug Shows Promise Against Multiple Sclerosis

New Drug Shows Promise Against Multiple Sclerosis

An experimental drug called Ocrelizumab has shown promise in a Phase 2 clinical trial involving 220 people with multiple sclerosis (MS), an often debilitating, chronic autoimmune disease that affects an increasing number of people in North America. It usually strikes young adults and is more common in women than in men. The study, carried...

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