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Scientists discover new cell that could cure Alzheimer’s, MS, Parkinson’s and more

Researchers at OSU say this cell restore neurological function, which is a really amazing concept

(WYTV) – Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease — we have no cures for them yet but we may be getting close.

Researchers at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are working on it right now.

They’ve discovered a new immune cell that not only preserves nerve fibers, but also reverses nerve damage and can even bring back some function.

“It doubles the number of surviving nerves, and it also stimulates a significant number of them to begin regenerating new fibers or growing new fibers,” Dr. Benjamin Segal said.

This could lead to new breakthroughs for many neurological diseases and injuries.

Researchers say the idea of being able to restore neurological function is really amazing.

They’ll now try to extract this special cell and grow more of them in a lab. Once we have batches of them, doctors could place these cells into patients as an effective treatment for neurological damage.

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Gioc4 years ago

hi John,

I can't access from europe, could this be it?

wexnermedical.osu.edu/media...

Kia17 in reply to Gioc4 years ago

Gio

I checked the article from a proxy IP . The whole article is in the post of John_Morris71.

John_morris71 in reply to Gioc4 years ago

Not sure. Both are from OSU though and are good news. Yours is dated Oct. 26 talks of ALS, MS and Stroke and recovery from it and the article I posted is dated Dec.31 mentions AD and PD and the resulting cell restoration of neurological function. But there may be some commonality.