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Article: The history of multiple sclerosis, part III.
- Article from:
- Inside MS
- Article date:
- December 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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MS affects people of all ages, around the world. History shows that MS was written about as long ago as the Middle Ages, but detective work on the cause and cure only began with the development of scientific medicine about 100 years ago. This brings the story to the present, the 50th year of the National MS Society.
1960-1970
During the 1960s, scientific research into the cause of MS came to focus on two main lines of inquiry, which are still being explored today.
The first emerged from a finding about the immune system. White blood cells that react against myelin, specifically against a major component called myelin basic protein, were ...