New method for effective treatment of multiple sclerosis

The research team of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research and Osaka University (Japan) recently said that they have developed a type of blood test that can be diagnosed with the treatment of interferon that is effective for diseases Multiplication of multiple sclerosis or not.

Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system, immune cells of the patients mistakenly attack neurmyelin cells causing symptoms such as visual obstacles, muscle weakness in patients.

People with multiple sclerosis are usually indicated
intends to inject interferon for treatment.

The researchers investigated 60 patients, who found that the treatment was not effective for one-third of patients.

Conducting blood tests of these people, they found relatively high levels of a protein called Semaphorin4 A. This protein usually covers the cell surface and absorbs surrounding immune cells. However, it was somehow understood that it removed these cells to penetrate the blood.

Patients with high levels of this protein in the blood, symptoms of sclerosis will worsen after drug therapy.

In the Journal of Immunology, researchers said last year there was also a new drug to treat the disease. It takes only half a day for blood tests to be done in a fairly simple way, which helps patients to choose appropriate treatment methods and medications soon.