Dr. Jonathan Kipnis--whose lab changed all we thought we knew by discovering the brain's lymphatic vessels-- has presented his new theory on how the immune system works. And it's pretty spectacular. #MSisNotEAE #TheSeventhSense #ModulateDontAblate

The brain is our computing machine that integrates stimuli from the environment and orchestrates responses to these stimuli. Here, I propose that the defining role of the immune system is to sense microorganisms and to inform the brain about them.