Repairing Nerve Sheaths Damaged in MS
October 31, 2023 | Terry Sharrer
“In MS flare-ups, rogue immune cells, in response to signals from the brain’s microglial cells, destroy protective myelin sheaths around the nerves, damaging them. A naturally occurring sugar – polysialic acid – plays an important role on activating microglia. The researchers [at Hannover Medical School, Germany] discovered that if they manipulated the microglia cells with added polysialic acid, the cells could switch from being inflammatory to anti-inflammatory, allowing for those nerve sheaths to repair.” MORE
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