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Scientists Discover Immune System Network in Brain - UPDATE

December 14, 2015

UPDATE – This study was recently chosen as one ten top notable advances for 2015 by the journal Nature Medicine. The Society is now funding Dr. Kipnis to explore his findings further. Read more about this new study

June 3, 2015

University of Virginia scientists led by Dr. Jonathan Kipnis have uncovered evidence of a previously unrecognized network of vessels that facilitate immune system activity in the brain. The team showed evidence of this system, a network of “lymphatic vessels,” in both mice and people. This is a potentially groundbreaking discovery. Further research is needed to understand how and whether lymphatic vessels play a role in multiple sclerosis, and whether their existence presents new opportunities for stopping immune attacks involved in MS.

Read More about this discovery in Neuroscience News
Read More about Research to Stop MS in its Tracks
 

About Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are leading to better understanding and moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide.

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