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MS damage repair treatment looked at by researchers

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:47 pm
by MSUK
MS damage repair treatment looked at by Edinburgh researchers

New treatments that could help slow the progression of multiple sclerosis could be a step closer due to research by Edinburgh University.

In MS patients the protective layer around nerve cells in the brain, known as myelin, is broken down.

Scientists have discovered that immune cells, known as macrophages, help trigger the regeneration of myelin....... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/myelin