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B cells and MS: research points to new treatments for MS.

Publication: Inside MS
Publication Date: 01-APR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: B cells and MS: research points to new treatments for MS.(I want you to know)

Article Excerpt
Many readers of InsideMS have become accustomed to reading about T cells. They have heard about their postulated role in causing MS, and how various current and newer therapies in the pipeline block destructive T-cell functions.

B cells, another arm of our body's immune system, have been somewhat neglected. But B cells are now gaining prominence in our thinking about MS, both in terms of the cause of the disease and in terms of new therapies.

The Ts and the Bs

Let's start with what they are. T cells are so named because they take their major steps to maturity in the thymus gland (in the chest). Mature T cells carry out a variety...

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