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New indicator molecules visualise the activation of auto-aggressive T cells in the body as never before.

Biological processes are generally based on events at the molecular and cellular level. To understand what happens in the course of infections, diseases or normal bodily functions, scientists would need to examine individual cells and their activity directly in the tissue. The development of new microscopes and fluorescent dyes in recent years has brought this scientific dream tantalisingly close...... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/immunecells

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I continue to question articles that state MS is an "autoimmune disease" and blame a person's immune system for being overactive or out of control. There is documented research that shows severe brain lesions of MS patients that caused death had no involvement with the immune system at all yet something obviously caused the huge inflammation in the first place. And nobody has been able to prove that MS is indeed an "autoimmune disease".

While a MS patient's immune system often reacts to an inflammation causing scenario, I wish researches would spend more time, energy and funding on what may be the cause of this problem as opposed to blaming a person's immune system all the time.

Harry

I truly hope the scientists understand that that "the disease" we have is not EAE.

Immune system "involvement" has become the "catch-all" for all sorts of unexplained/misunderstood conditions. Mortals need not try to understand the almighty immune system. What is CAUSING the trigger? E.g. Viral cause of CCSVI as cause of an eventual autoimmune event ++ and so on.

PN

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Hurry up and wait.

Unfortunately, all the drug companies who provide us with the approved MS medications, don't seem to really care what is causing the trigger. Their interest is developing powerful immune system altering drugs which the patient has to take for years. The profit from these sales is immense! And things aren't likely to change any time soon.

Harry