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[DewDiligence]

>"These observations may be due to the emergence of neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) in patients taking IFN-beta."
There may also be antibodies to Copaxone but I am not aware of a test for it.<

In general, smaller is better when it comes to immunogenicity, and the constituent peptides in Copaxone are very much smaller than ifn-beta (5-11 kD vs 23 kD).

p.s. Glad to hear that your wife is doing OK.

[genisi]

Tysabri and JC virus activation - The poster at the 60th annual AAN say that virus was detected in the CSF of one patient at four months.