To determine how T cells that recognize these peptides contribute to EAE, the authors immunized mice with a mixture of these surrogate peptides and MOG.

W.C. and J.P.T. contributed to the EAE experiments.

“We had to get up at 3am and then start working continuously,” said Eae Hpaw, 16, whose arms were a patchwork of scars from infections and allergies caused by the shrimp.

Findings8 that oestrogen therapy provided benefits in rodent EAE supported use of an oestrogenic ligand as a candidate neuroprotective agent for MS that is now being studied.

A trip to the EAE Automotive Equipment Company factory in Suzhou, in eastern China, suggests Washington might have a point.