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Biogen Idec
Researchers identify molecule key to CNS repair, regeneration
June 15th, 2005
Biogen Idec (BIIB) announced that Biogen Idec scientists have identified a molecule in the central nervous system (CNS) that may play a pivotal role in CNS repair and regeneration. The research, to be published in the June 2005 edition of Nature Neuroscience, is the first to suggest a role for LINGO-1 in nerve repair and could lead to potential pathways for treating multiple sclerosis (MS) and other demyelinating diseases. MS is a chronic disease of the CNS in which the body's own immune cells break down myelin, a fatty substance that typically surrounds nerve cells like the insulation around a wire. Without myelin, nerves lose the ability to...
Source: Physician Law Weekly (2005-06-15)
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