University of Minnesota Doctor's Departure Is a Setback for Kids With Rare Traumatic Illness

PANDAS is an acronym for a neuropsychiatric disorder touched off by strep throat. PANS is similar but associated with other infections. "I can count on my fingers the number of scientists in the field," said Dritan Agalliu, a neurological researcher at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. He is studying how the immune system's critical T-cells overcome the brain's protective barrier and become toxic. [read more]

Source: Star Tribune