The Myelin Project
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The Myelin Project is a medical project intended to re-generate the nerve's myelin sheath, — a process called remyelination — destroyed in a host of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and the leukodystrophies.
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According to their web site,
- The Myelin Project aims to accelerate research on myelin repair.
They also are
- ...working very hard to put ourselves out of business.
The Myelin Project is an international scientific research organization aimed at accelerating clinical and translational research focused on Myelin repair.
The project was inspired by the real-life case of Lorenzo Odone, subject of the movie Lorenzo's Oil.
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Alexander's disease
- Canavan disease
- Krabbe's disease
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy
- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
- Phenylketonuria
- Refsum's disease
- Transverse myelitis
- Lorenzo's oil, one treatment