Multiple Sclerosis
topic on 3 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes
American Optimist 
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5 statements about Multiple Sclerosis, every show
Topol: B-cell depletion resets the immune system to cure autoimmune diseases
“In the last couple of years, we've seen Unprecedented cures. We never had anything. Lupus. Progressive systemic sclerosis. Even cases of multiple sclerosis. Dermatomyositis. So, basically, it's depletion of all the B cells, and when they come back, they have f…”
Friedberg: VA study found zero MS cases without prior Epstein-Barr infection
“In the cohort of hundreds of thousands of patients that were in this data set, no one Got MS that didn't get Epstein-Barr virus. If you did not get Epstein-Barr virus, you did not get MS.”
Friedberg: VA data showed zero MS cases without prior Epstein-Barr virus
“In the cohort of hundreds of thousands of patients that were in this data set, no one Got MS that didn't get Epstein-Barr virus. If you did not get Epstein-Barr virus, you did not get MS.”
Immune resets for leukemia patients have serendipitously eliminated MS and HIV
“There are sort of serendipitous situations where people have had, for example, really severe autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, happen to also have leukemia on the side. For the leukemia, they get an immune system reset, and then they, you know, magi…”