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Israeli scientists discover an abnormality in neurons’ protective membrane may enable the immune system to launch a mistaken attack.
Source Israel21c
Israeli scientists discover an abnormality in neurons’ protective membrane may enable the immune system to launch a mistaken attack.
Researchers have long speculated that MS is triggered by the body’s own immune system unleashing an uncontrolled attack on myelin sheaths that protect nerve cells (neurons).
A study published by Israeli scientists in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) pinpoints a structural instability in the myelin membranes, the “insulating tape” surrounding neurons.
This vulnerability seems to be what gives the immune system access to otherwise protected regions. Read on.
