Something I haven't seen discussed yet, which I (for somewhat selfish reasons) find very exciting is the possibility of using this to screen patients before they contract the disease, similar to mammograms for breast cancer. As someone who is in the high-risk category for MS, I could conceivably go on my 30th birthday and have an ultrasound performed on my veins. If narrowing is observed at that time, they could perform this treatment before I show any type of symptom. That, of course, is assuming that these new findings gain traction and acceptance.
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