Human Protein May Hold Clues to New MS Treatment
Research into Multiple Sclerosis Raises Hopes of New Treatment
Galanin is a protein which, according to Professor David Wynick, has been recognized for some time as offering protection for all of the body’s nerve systems (you can read Wikipedia’s definition of galanin here). Now, in tests conducted on mice by a team brought together by Professor Wynick, it has been established that in high quantities galanin offers complete resistance to Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE), a disease introduced in to animals, mainly rodents, by scientists wanting to replicate human MS. Further tests were then conducted on human brain tissue, the nerve cells of the brain contain galanin, and the resistance to MS was confirmed once more. Whilst the results of the tests are certainly welcome, producing a cure for MS, or even a means to reduce its severity will, reports the BBC, still take something like ten years.
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