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Related: About this forumMissing link found between brain, immune system -- with profound disease implications
http://newsroom.uvahealth.com/about/news-room/missing-link-found-between-brain-immune-system-with-profound-disease-implications[font face=Serif][font size=5]Missing link found between brain, immune system -- with profound disease implications[/font]
[font size=4] Jun 01, 2015 [/font]
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14432[font size=4] Jun 01, 2015 [/font]
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- Vessels directly connecting brain, lymphatic system exist despite decades of doctrine that they dont
- Finding may have substantial implications for major neurological diseases
- Game-changing discovery opens new areas of research, transforms existing ones
- Major gap in understanding of the human body revealed
- They'll have to change the textbooks
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Missing link found between brain, immune system -- with profound disease implications (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
Jun 2015
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The link in the OP is to the press release the ScienceDaily article was written from
OKIsItJustMe
Jun 2015
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LiberalArkie
(15,729 posts)1. This is a BIG deal...
polly7
(20,582 posts)2. This is amazing, I hope it leads to many new treatments and cures. nt.
rurallib
(62,451 posts)3. just can't wait to see where this goes.
OMG
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)4. I swear ...
as someone that works at a major research/medical school University ... this is WHY we must fund research.
For kicks and giggles, I wonder around the med school/research labs and talk with the doctors/researchers ... they are doing some amazing stuff!
tridim
(45,358 posts)5. This, the endocannabinoid system and gut bacteria-to-brain communication...
Are all collectively blowing my mind.
I wonder if we're witnessing evolution?
And yikes, I wonder how many of these vessels have been inadvertently cut during surgery?
niyad
(113,582 posts)6. k and r
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)7. This could even lead to why guys think with their dicks.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)9. .
drm604
(16,230 posts)8. Definitely a big deal.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)10. Longer/good article here -
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)12. The link in the OP is to the press release the ScienceDaily article was written from
(I always try to seek out primary sources.)
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)11. This is WOW stuff.
Hope it results in saving lives.