BONE marrow cells have been transformed into the cells that produce the vital insulation around nerves that is destroyed by multiple sclerosis. So could stem cells taken from a patient’s own bone marrow help repair at least some of the damage caused by this debilitating disease?
People with MS suffer from progressive weakness, and vision and memory problems as a result of the destruction of myelin, a protein that insulates nerves and is essential for the conduction of nerve impulses. It is myelin that gives the white matter in the brain its characteristic colour.
A team led by Bruce Brew…
