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Multiple Sclerosis Successfully Reversed In Mice: New Immune-suppressing Treatment Forces The Disease Into Remission
ScienceDaily (Aug. 12, 2009) — A new experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) completely reverses the devastating autoimmune disorder in mice, and might work exactly the same way in humans, say researchers at the Jewish General Hospital Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill University in Montreal.
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Variola - major and minor; VariolaTreatmentIf athe smallpox vaccine is given within 1-4 days after a person is exposed to the disease, it may prevent... Read more »
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Anemia - immune hemolytic; Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA)TreatmentTreatment with a steroid medication such as prednisone is usually the first... Read more »
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Immunizations against childhood diseases save millions of lives. American vaccination rates are now at an all-time high. Illness and death from... Read more »
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