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Vaccine Against Multiple Sclerosis? Mouse Experiment Yields Promising Results

Published December 2, 2008, 8:26 pm, Science Daily

Researchers in Germany have succeeded in vaccinating mice with specially treated, autologous immune cells and preventing them from developing encephalitis, which is similar to multiple sclerosis in humans.

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Murray Valley Encephalitis - Northampton Chronicle and Echo: I saw this poor guy on telly raising money for an eye-tracking computer so he can talk. He's 28 and has been paralysed since he was bitten by a mosquito, backpacking in Oz 8 years ago. He seemed so cheerful (even though all he can do is smile) I had to chip in.

November 9th

Diagnosis - Brain Drain - NYTimes.com: Ovarian teratoma encephalitis is so rare that it is still not well understood, but the author of the paper theorized that these particular tumors ? which have the potential to grow any type of cell in the body ? develop primitive brain cells. Somehow the immune system mistakenly identifies these cells as ?foreign? and makes antibodies to destroy them. These antibodies go on to attack the same kind of cells in the brain.

November 5th

Genetic deletion of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase res...[Neurosc i Lett. 2008] - PubMed Result: Using a chronic mouse EAE model, we present data indicating that mice lacking FAAH experience an initial inflammatory phase of EAE similar in severity to wild type controls, but exhibited a more substantial clinical remission compared to wild type mice.

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September 29th

Seizures in encephalitis: Relation between encephalitis and epileptic seizures.

September 25th

Encephalitis lethargica: part of a spectrum of post-streptoco ccal autoimmune diseases? -- Vincent 127 (1): 2 -- Brain

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September 13th

Laura Hokkanen: Memory disorders in acute encephalitis

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