Friday, July 3, 2020

New approach to treating certain neurological diseases

Medical researchers have developed a potential treatment method for Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD), a fatal neurological disorder that produces severe movement, motor and cognitive dysfunction in children. It results from genetic mutations that prevent the body from properly making myelin, the protective insulation around nerve cells.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200701125433.htm

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