Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the ...

At present, no therapies exist that can restore lost or damaged myelin. "Our brains have an inherent repair mechanism called ...

Scientists say that blocking a protein called DLK could help protect against neurodegeneration of demyelinated nerve cells in ...

Toward the end, however, the main subject takes center stage again, with a comprehensive appraisal of myelin repair in animal models, where it can be enhanced by antibodies or transplantation ...

A first healthy adults group has been dosed in an early clinical trial of an oral and myelin-protective treatment for all ...

New data suggest the frequency of damage and repair processes correlates with disease severity and disability in multiple ...

Now, imagine those wires without their plastic protective coating. Electric transmission would be disrupted leading, most likely, to functional failure. Similarly, in our brain, the myelin sheath ...

Model developed in study will pave way for more discovery about important but mysterious process Ben Emery, Ph.D., and ...

That's important because when hyaluronic acid is broken down into fragments, it is known to cause problems in at least two ways: Forestalls myelin repair: It prevents the maturation of ...