Virus infection may trigger unusual immune cells to attack nerves in multiple sclerosis

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 10:46 in Health & Medicine

A virus infection can incite the body to attack its own nerve tissue by activating unusual, disease-fighting cells with receptors for both viral and nerve proteins. The dual-receptor observation...

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