Virus responsible for deadly brain disease found in MS patients treated with natalizumab

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 16:49 in Health & Medicine

BOSTON -- The virus responsible for PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy), a rare brain disease that typically affects AIDS patients and other individuals with compromised immune systems, has been found to be reactivated in multiple-sclerosis patients being treated with natalizumab (Tysabri).

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