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Old 02-22-2010, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Harry Z View Post
Had a friend who is involved in MS research look at this article and tell me what it means...

Basically, Tysabri caused an increase in the proliferation of the viruses but the body's humoral response remained stable. This means that the body wasn't making any antibodies to the viruses so it wasn't launching an attack.

Harry
Not sure how your friend came up his summary as it appears to be totally opposite to what the investigators determined.

This is what the scientific experts concluded in the paper "Interpretation
Natalizumab increases cellular immune responses specific to viruses and myelin proteins in the peripheral blood after 1 year, without evidence of viral reactivation."
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