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 ...

We have recently discovered that mechanical forces generated by the extracellular matrix and other cells are also essential for correct myelination, and we are actively pursuing the molecular ...

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 ...

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 ...