Why did MRF choose to focus on myelin repair?
• Demyelination is common to all forms of multiple sclerosis. Repairing the myelin damaged by MS will improve signal transmission in the central nervous system and reduce the symptoms of the disease. MRF is the first multiple sclerosis research organization to undertake a research plan focusing on myelin repair. • Scientists have recently discovered that just as other cells in the human body renew and replace themselves, the cells of the brain and spinal cord also renew themselves (though at a much slower rate). Though multiple sclerosis blocks the body’s natural ability to repair myelin, it is this renewal process that leads scientists to believe that myelin repair may be possible.
