Hi Wannabe,
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I think this is another of the vaccines programmed to inhibit certain autoreactive T cells from functioning against MBP. This isn't a vaccine against a foreign target, it works to limit T-cells that act against myelin. It won't be a vaccine that everyone takes to avoid MS like most vaccines do, it will be given to people with MS to eliminate the bad T-cells.
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So what we have is yet another drug that will possibly prevent certain T-cells from going against the myelin in the hope of slowing down the disease. I suppose that may provide some limited "slow down" of the disease but we still aren't any further ahead in getting to the root cause of MS, whatever that may be. And we all know the associated risks involved when T-cells aren't allowed to do their normal function. I see another possible money making drug for big pharma but not much else in really finding the answer to MS.
Take care.
Harry