In the battle against Multiple Sclerosis, Gilenya could be a small victory. In your struggle to beat back the debilitating symptoms of MS, Gilenya now gives you the option to take a pill instead. Multiple Sclerosis afflicts more than 350,000 people in the United States alone. Until now, treating this crippling disease usually meant going to the doctor’s office or giving yourself an injection. All that has changed now with the approval of Gilenya. It treats the relapsing form of MS. Gilenya keeps the white blood cells locked up in the lymph nodes by taking away the chemical “key” that unlocks entry into the lymph node. If the white blood cells are “locked away”, they can’t attack your body. Thus, further relapses become less likely. This breakthrough was actually an accident, since the drug was formulated to prevent kidney transplant rejections. But it was way too toxic at the needed …