A lab study suggests cyclodextrins may help support myelin sheath repair in MS by reducing harmful fat buildup in immune cells.

When treated with a novel protein function inhibitor called ESI1, mice that mimic the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and lab-prepared human brain cells both demonstrated the ability to regenerate ...

Scientists have used gene-editing techniques to boost the repair of nerve cells damaged in multiple sclerosis, a study shows. The innovative method, which was tested in mice, supports the development ...

Demyelinating diseases are any conditions that damage the protective coating on nerve cells, the myelin sheath. Some common demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system include multiple ...

A new UCLA imaging study shows that age-related breakdown of myelin, the fatty insulation coating the brain's internal wire, correlates strong with the presence of a key genetic risk factor for ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral ...

Multiple sclerosis is a condition whereby the immune system attacks and destroys myelin – the protective coating of nerve fibers – which triggers movement problems characteristic of the disease. Now, ...

Just as plastic coatings insulate electrical wires, myelin sheaths surround nerve fibers in the body. In addition to protecting the fibers, these fatty sheaths speed up the message-carrying impulses ...

Recent stem cell research could lead to a new way of treating inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. New research into inflammatory diseases may have identified a way to treat MS. Multiple ...

Researchers have used human stem cells to cure mice afflicted with pediatric leukodystrophy, a rare but horrible neurogical disorder that kills thousands of children every year. Like their human ...

Heavy drinking during adolescence may lead to structural changes in the brain and memory deficits that persist into adulthood, according to an animal study. The study found that, even as adults, rats ...