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Re:Vaccine Reverse Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and ... by atlas_hugged on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:35PM (#37512132)
Is it just me, or does this seem kind of revolutionary? I’m amazed science has finally found a way to effectively put things on our immune system’s “allowlist”
Re:Vaccine Reverse Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and ... by pazimzadeh on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:49PM (#37512338)
Yeah, this is like the holy grail of transplantation research
Re:Vaccine Reverse Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and ... by Valgrim on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:49PM (#37512341)
Honestly I am so excited about this, it could litteraly be a way to eliminate deadly allergies, like foods and insects of course, but also medication and seasonal allergies
Re:Vaccine Reverse Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and ... by meepmorp on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:54PM (#37512399)
Yeah, if this works as advertised, I have friends and family whose lives will be immensely better. And imagine being able to prevent the progression of diseases before they cause permanent damage in younger patients - there's tremendous potential for better, healthier lives.
Re:Vaccine Reverse Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and ... by ProjectArcturis on Thursday September 14, 2023 @02:01PM (#37512483)
If it works, this is huge. Could potentially also treat post-viral conditions such as chronic fatigue or even Alzheimer's.
Re:Vaccine Reverse Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and ... by olliej on Thursday September 14, 2023 @02:03PM (#37512515)
Per my wife (an actual microbiologist with her undergrad focusing on immunology - providing this as context for why she I asked her, not just an appeal to authority) the core mechanisms are not new, quoting verbatim from messages:

    That’s actually not new science 

    That’s antibody / mhc molecule immuno treatment 

    In cell lines and just started in mice 
So this sounds like what they've done is found a set of molecules/receptors/something that are responsible for the MS and chrohns auto immune disorders that don't take out other things.

This doesn't mean this isn't a major development - MS especially is an awful condition - just the underlying mechanism isn't itself new.