Still stalking MS: of unknown cause and cure, multiple sclerosis has researchers following both old and new trails of discovery.

From: Science News | Date: October 10, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

STILL STALKING MS

It comes like a thief. By attacking the nervous system, it steals mobility and independence from many of its victims. And it cheats by mimicking other neurological diseases. Many decades after medical science first noticed the disease, multiple sclerosis still eludes "capture' by those seeking causes and hunting possible cures for a disease that preys on some 2 million people worldwide.

Added to this evasive trickery is increasing concern that the focus on a relative newcomer called AIDS will dilute efforts to fight disorders like multiple sclerosis. ...

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