Scientific America covers the discovery of lymphatic vessels connected to the brain. Lead researcher, Dr. Jonathan Kipnis, states that "too much or too little drainage from the central nervous system to the immune system might contribute to brain disease. If so, Kipnis feels targeting the vessels with drugs, genetic manipulation and surgery are therapeutic approaches worth pursuing." We need to consider the brain's draining veins--now more than ever!!! There is a vascular component to MS.

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