Scientists Fine Possible Method for Repair of Cell Damage from MS

July 27, 2018

(UPI) – Scientists have determined how drugs can repair damaged brain cells that cause disability in people with multiple sclerosis, and possibly other degenerative neurological diseases. In separate labs at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, the researchers gained new insights into how the body makes myelin, which is a fatty substance serving as a protective sheath that surrounds nerve cells and helps transmit electrical impulses in the brain and spinal cord.