Talk:Tcelna

Has anyone out there had any luck with this vaccine?

Any word on if the phase III trail will happen and if so will it be open label?

Veracity of statement

"Tovaxin attacks the underlying cause of MS rather than just addressing its symptoms." I don't think that this is technically known to be true. Demyelination is thought to be a symptom of MS, but it is not the cause. The cause would be whatever is causing the body to create the rogue T-cells. Tovaxin does not appear to go after that root, since nobody seems to know what that is, rather it attacks a mode of action of the disease. While the demyelination is the probable cause of many of the symptoms of MS, it is not "the underlying cause of MS." Multiple sclerosis also states that "the cause remains unknown." Even the term "disease modifying therapy" indicates that it is not going after the root of the problem, but rather changing its method of action. I appreciate the attempt to separate this medication from symptom bandages, but can this be rephrased to make this more clear? Thanks! PMonaghan (talk) 02:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC)