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Interferon-gamma could be key to preventing, treating multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis results when the body's own defense system attacks nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. Now scientists led by John Russell, Ph.D., at the School of Medicine have shown that interferon-gamma plays a deciding role in whether immune cells attack and injure the central nervous system in mice. What I did this summer The Third Annual Research Training Symposium and Poster Session featured summer research projects performed by more than 100 junior faculty, fellows, residents and students. Cause of vision loss in macular degeneration also plays role in other diseases School of Medicine scientists have determined that the same factors play key roles in three different diseases that can lead to blindness. MS patients have higher fluid levels of immune molecule School of Medicine researchers are studying a protein, TREM-2, that may be an important contributor to the disease.