... the disease, occurs in approximately 70 percent of MS patients. "The initial symptom of MS is often blurred or double vision, red-green color distortion, or even blindness in one eye." (Brunnscheiler) Inexplicably, visual problems tend to clear up in the later stages of MS. Inflammatory problems of the optic nerve may be diagnosed as retrobulbar or optic neuritis. Fifty- ... animals, MBP induces experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, a chronic brain and spinal cord disease similar to MS. oligodendrocytes -- cells that make and maintain myelin. optic neuritis -- an inflammatory disorder ...

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... room for enough cells to match the millions of possible foreign invaders, the immune system stores just a few cells for each specific antigen. When an antigen appears, those few specifically matched cells are stimulated to multiply into a full-scale army. Later, to prevent this army from overexpanding, powerful mechanisms to suppress the immune response come into play. T-cells, so named because ... muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis. The situation for diseases such as multiple sclerosis is more complicated. Scientists now believe that a person is susceptible to multiple sclerosis o...

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... room for enough cells to match the millions of possible foreign invaders, the immune system stores just a few cells for each specific antigen. When an antigen appears, those few specifically matched cells are stimulated to multiply into a full-scale army. Later, to prevent this army from overextending, powerful mechanisms to suppress the immune response come into play. T-cells, so named because ... muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis. The situation for diseases such as multiple sclerosis is more complicated. Scientists now believe that a person is susceptible to multiple sclerosis o...

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