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Jefferson immunology researchers show blood-brain barrier damage could affect MS severity

04-05-2007 · EurekAlert!

Immunology researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson studying a multiple sclerosis (MS)-like disease in mice have shown that the amount of "damage" to the central nervous system’s protective blood-brain barrier -- in essence, opening it -- almost always correlates to the severity of the disease. The findings can be used for testing potential MS therapies and for better understanding the role of the blood-brain barrier in disease processes.

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