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The Case of the Smouldering Lesion

The Case of the Smouldering Lesion

I refer, of course, to the splendid work “Single-cell spatial transcriptomic profiling defines a pathogenic inflammatory niche in chronic active MS lesions”, a scientific dossier that reads as though the authors had been peering over my shoulder while I inspected the MS-affected brain through my magnifying lens.
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Birthday with Suspicion

Birthday with Suspicion

Fifty years of monoclonal antibodies. And of course, it’s a criminal case ...
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The brain’s early whisper

The brain’s early whisper

Before anyone says “MS?”, the nervous system is already whispering ...
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The Brain’s Janitors

The Brain’s Janitors

Metabolism. When you don’t know whom to suspect – it’s almost always metabolism. ⚙️🍽️
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The Double Case of the Season

The Double Case of the Season

Vaccines aren’t extras, they work undercover. In oncology, they boost the good – waking the neighborhood so therapy can aim true. In neurology, they dampen the bad – catching sparks before they ignite.
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Crime scene: Gray matter

Crime scene: Gray matter

In front of me is a fresh piece of evidence: a paper in Science Translational Medicine 📄🧪 about a new crime-scene method in MS—SV2A-PET with [18F]UCB-H. A radioactive mini-tracer that attaches to synapses and makes them visible on PET 🔦🧠. A flashlight for the contact points between nerve cells 🔌.
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