I fully agree. But in that same spirit, you have to widen your view even further. To consider the viral dimension. To consider the cellular immunity and the humoral immunity and the response to herpes strains, mainly VZV (inflammatory) and EBV (onco; degenerative). It is then, and only then, that the pieces of the puzzle will start to come together. In the end, you may arrive there once you consider the lymphatics but you could take a short cut by starting from the virus.drsclafani wrote:Our society seems to be morphing from venous disease and MS to a much more varied approach. I had some discussions with MS community leaders who were concerned that we were moving off our core interest in CCSVI and MS. I assured them that veins cannot be studied in a vacuum outside of the remaining hemo- and hydro-dynamic components. That while perhaps not so directly involved in MS, we have to look at all of the components of the neurovasculature system (and lymphatics are considered part of the vasculature). That means from the heart to the brain and spine and back to the heart.
We want to be the group known for looking at the full vascular picture. That is our thought style and our collective mood.
The context is given here http://www.mshackathon.nl/wp-content/up ... ressed.pdf
and in the last few pages of this thread: http://www.thisisms.com/forum/general-d ... 8-780.html