Multiple sclerosis: Discovery of a mechanism responsible for chronic inflammation

Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 04:41 in Health & Medicine

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease. The defense system that usually protects patients from external aggression turns on its own cells and attacks them for reasons that are not yet known. Scientists have shown that ancient viruses are involved in the acute inflammatory defense response that may contribute to the disease.

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