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    Nano-particle halts MS in animal models

    Now being tested in other auto-immune disease models. This is exciting. They can halt the disease for 100 days in mice, which translates to several years in a human patient.

    http://phys.org/news/2012-11-nanopar...-diabetes.html

    The particles with myelin antigens attached induce T-cell tolerance after being engulfed by macrophages in the spleen and displayed on their surface. The immune system then recognizes it as normal. The attack on myelin stops.
    It's not fatigue. It's a Superwoman hangover.

    #2
    Fascinating read...

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      #3
      Definitely. The research comes out of Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine, whose neurological facility is one of the top in the nation in terms of results for patients. So this research is not small potatoes from a questionable team.

      If it translates as well into the human body, this could be a major breakthrough, not only for MS patients, but for patients of all types of autoimmune diseases.

      How nice would it be to have something that doesn't suppress your immune system and stops the disease cold in its tracks?
      It's not fatigue. It's a Superwoman hangover.

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        #4
        Very interesting

        Cool stuff, thanks for posting.
        Meet me in a land of hope and dreams. -Bruce Springsteen

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