Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis

Re:Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis by capkutay on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:38PM (#15281171)

I wonder if there's a similar correlation between the gut and something like ALS.

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Re:Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis by randomstudent on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:33AM (#15282749)

Probably not. Unlike MS, which is an autoimmune disease, ALS is not autoimmune. The exact cause is only known in some cases, but it seems to stem from problems with the machinery inside the cell, not an aggression by the immune system from outside the cell.

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Re:Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis by amelius on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @05:43AM (#15283080)

How about CFS?

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Re:Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis by randomstudent on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @08:52AM (#15284157)

Do you mean CSF instead (Cerebrospinal fluid)? I'm not qualified to answer that, sorry. But my best guess is that the problem is almost 100% intracellular.

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