Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast
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MS vaccine using your own brain cells
4 minutes Posted Nov 17, 2020 at 9:31 am.
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Could an injection of your own brain cells be a way to halt multiple sclerosis - MS? That's what researchers in the US are finding in mice with the disease. In MS, the immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord, damaging a material called myelin. An extract of this myelin material, injected into the bloodstream, can permanently deactivate the immune cells that cause MS... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists