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Twin study reveals signs of MS that might be detectable before symptoms

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MS is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the brain and spinal cord.

People with MS are known to have high levels of immune cells called cytotoxic T cells.

In MS , these cells accumulate in areas with visible myelin damage, but the role the cells play in the disease has remained largely a mystery.

Michael Schubert is a veteran science and medicine communicator.

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