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Therefore, the search for a diagnostic method with high specificity and sensitivity, and at the same time not requiring complex sample processing or expensive equipment, is urgent.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The article discusses the use of blood serum surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy in combination with machine learning analysis to separate persons with multiple sclerosis and healthy individuals. As a machine learning method for Raman spectra processing the projection on latent structures-discriminant analysis was used.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using the above methods, we have obtained possibility to separate persons with multiple sclerosis and healthy ones with an average specificity of 0.96 and an average sensitivity of 0.89. 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