you are right, blood tests of MS patients collected centrally could be a great source of information and lead us to the real cause of MS...
an extensive test of my blood showed a very high concentration of herpes simplex and EBV antibodies (about 20x their normal values).
in fact, together with high muscle titers, these were the only scores from a long list of about 100 scores that were outside their normal range, all other scores were perfectly in their normal range.
so, measuring from my blood, I am a healthy person except for the virus and the related titers.
this can all be explained by the thesis MS UNRAVELLED on the other thread, see posting 10 Aug on
http://www.thisisms.com/forum/general-d ... 8-720.html
the EBV trail in my family is another indication.
my grandfather died in 1963 at the age of 68 from a nasal pharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), an uncle at the age of 70 from a coronary artery aneurysm, my brother has a mitochondrial energy failure and his son had Hodgkin (he is healthy now). all diseases are EBV related, there is robust scientific evidence for that.
for the rest a big and healthy family.
I have MS. Where again EBV is suspect? I think it is!
