Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Releasing an immune system brake could help patients with rare but fatal brain infection

The anti-cancer drug pembrolizumab has shown promise in slowing or stopping the progression of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a typically fatal infection of the brain caused by the JC virus (JCV). This finding comes from a small-scale study by scientists at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study appears in the New England Journal of Medicine.

From https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-immune-patients-rare-fatal-brain.html



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