Researchers identify chemical compound that decreases effects of multiple sclerosis Given such debilitating effects of MS, an aggressive search is on among scientists to find a cure for MS. Currently available therapies are only partially effective, however, in preventing the onset of permanent disability in MS patients. What would be immensely helpful is a drug that could minimize the degeneration of axons, thus reducing the rate and degree of MS progression. Better still would be if this drug could stimulate remyelination, the re-sheathing of the axons, restoring fast and uninterrupted flow of nerve impulses. Now a team of researchers, led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, reports in this weeks issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that it has identified just such a drug in the lab: indazole chloride (Ind-Cl)...... Read More - ms-uk.org/emergingtherapies
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:54:44 +0000
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