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Article: The history of multiple sclerosis. (part 2)
- Article from:
- Inside MS
- Article date:
- September 22, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A promising start
With remarkable foresight, the very first research grant from what was then called The Society for the Advancement of Multiple Sclerosis Research was awarded to study the immunology of MS -- the relationship between the body's immune defense system and the impact of MS on the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord).
This 1947 grant went to Dr. Elvin Kabat at Columbia University. He subsequently identified abnormal immunologic proteins in the spinal fluid of people with MS. In lab tests, these proteins appeared as patterns known as oligoclonal bands. Oligocional bands not only proved to be a valuable diagnostic test for ...
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Article: The history of multiple sclerosis, part III.
Inside MS;
December 22, 1996 ;
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... ... that makes tissues compatible with each other. In 1978, the first CT scans were done on people with MS. And, in 1979, a Nobel prize was awarded for development of this powerful new tool. CT scans use a computer to link a circular array of x-ray images ...
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