tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500936220214961312.post3626625608384908267..comments2023-10-02T04:06:53.185-04:00Comments on Brass and Ivory: Life with MS and RA: Pentagon BoundLisa Emrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862232056342347990noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500936220214961312.post-79067974143238358342011-12-21T14:32:08.657-05:002011-12-21T14:32:08.657-05:00Addendum to that comment: I've just heard that...Addendum to that comment: I've just heard that the journal has been delayed until Friday. But I have a copy of the paper I'm permitted to distribute via email (but I can't post it on my blog).<br /><br />I'd be happy to do that for those who'd rather not wait.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500936220214961312.post-43447402715067877282011-12-21T12:58:23.608-05:002011-12-21T12:58:23.608-05:00Lisa, sorry for just dumping this in the comments ...Lisa, sorry for just dumping this in the comments (I tried to email you a couple of days ago with a heads-up) but I thought you might like to know that today there's <b>huge</b> news about MS: a paper in the <a href="http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/quarrevibiol/forthcoming.html" rel="nofollow">Quarterly Review of Biology</a>, "Multiple Sclerosis is Not a Disease of the Immune System," by Dr. Angelique Corthals.<br /><br />It argues that MS isn't an autoimmune problem at all: it's a metabolic disorder, not unlike atherosclerosis.<br /><br />Corthals' lab at John Jay has a press release <a href="http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/5121.php" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />But Corthals is answering questions <a href="http://asknicola.blogspot.com/2011/12/huge-news-multiple-sclerosis-is.html" rel="nofollow">live on my blog</a>--where I've posted a more detailed précis of the science.<br /><br />Thanks for all the work you do, and your honesty about living with MS and RA. I was diagnosed in 1993 and this paper is the first, the very first, I've seen with an elegant, convincing, coherent explanation of the pathogenesis and etiology of the disease. It's a true paradigm shift.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.com