Researchers exploring ways to boost myelin production in patients with MS.
In the Wall Street Journal (1/18) Lab Journal column, Thomas Gryta and Jon Kamp wrote that in patients with multiple sclerosis, myelin, a substance that protects nerve fibers, is damaged by attacks from the immune system. Now, researchers are investigating ways to help patients create new myelin before the damage has advanced beyond repair. Patients' bodies typically regenerate the substance at a slower rate than the damage, and some researchers caution against unexpected side effects of artificially increasing myelin production.
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