Read this article any body have any responses???

Washington, Nov 05: US researchers claim to having made a breakthrough in unravelling the mechanism of myelin formation that can have a major impact on the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other myelin-related diseases.

Jonah Chan, assistant professor of cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, says that a protein called Par-3 plays a significant role in myelination.

He says that the protein acts like a molecular scaffold to set-up an "organizing centre" that brings together key proteins essential for myelin formation.

When this organizing centre is disrupted, say the researchers, cells cannot form myelin normally.

Chan claims that his study opens the way to new research, which should help identify other components that are recruited at the organizing center set-up by Par-3.

The study was conducted in collaboration with researchers at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal, Canada.

Its findings have been published in the journal Science.

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Hi Christine:

Guess I am old and skeptical - I'm still waiting for that promised blood test for MS.

While I would like to think there is going to be a cure in my lifetime, I'm not holding my breath. I would like to see more of our MS dollars go into patient care and support. The research, while valuable, is all over the place. First it's autoimmune, then it's viral, then it's environmental, then it's T-cells, now B-cells.

Wouldn't it be nice if they did find a cure though?

Yes I read an EXCELLENT book by Howard Weirner a nuero out of the east coast called "Curring MS". And he has been in practice since I think the
60's. What is curing ms mean to a person is his premise. He goes on to explain the many strides that have been amde to hold the monster at bay. And it is encouraging to read about these advances in science over the past 50 years. SO to me were are getting closer each day. And curing what does that mean to me, maybe stablization and not getting worst or even getting better. I would take even 10% improvment Hugs, Christine