# Missing link found between brain, immune system; major disease implications **URL:** \ **Category:** General CIDP Discussion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2015, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/missing-link-found-between-brain-immune-system-major-disease-implications/925 "2015-06-03T07:20:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LD\_Williams](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/ld_williams/32/923_2.png) [@LD\_Williams](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/LD_Williams)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/missing-link-found-between-brain-immune-system-major-disease-implications/925/1 "2015-06-03T07:20:06Z")
In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. The discovery could have profound implications for diseases from autism to Alzheimer's to multiple sclerosis. [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150601122445.htm](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150601122445.htm) ---
**Author:** ![LD\_Williams](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/ld_williams/32/923_2.png) [@LD\_Williams](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/LD_Williams)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/missing-link-found-between-brain-immune-system-major-disease-implications/925/2 "2015-06-03T07:56:43Z")
We can but hope that it will be rapid. I am also hoping that this new finding will open up the minds of others and that it could well snowball into more research being done. Who knows, this may well lead to new methods to treat and hopefully cure many diseases