Missing link found between brain, immune system -- with profound disease implications

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://newsroom.uvahealth.com/about/news-room/missing-link-found-between-brain-immune-system-with-profound-disease-implications

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• Vessels directly connecting brain, lymphatic system exist despite decades of doctrine that they don’t


• 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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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14432

[LiberalArkie]

1. This is a BIG deal...

[polly7]

2. This is amazing, I hope it leads to many new treatments and cures. nt.

[rurallib]

3. just can't wait to see where this goes.

OMG

[1StrongBlackMan]

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]

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]

6. k and r

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. This could even lead to why guys think with their dicks.

[SusanCalvin]

9. .

[drm604]

8. Definitely a big deal.

[DURHAM D]

10. Longer/good article here -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016123735

[OKIsItJustMe]

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]

11. This is WOW stuff.

Hope it results in saving lives.