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Sugar Found in Breast Milk Is a Possible Therapy for MS

  • October 09, 2020

Scientists have discovered what they believe could be a possible therapy to repair the myelin sheath in multiple sclerosis patients in the form of a simple sugar found in breast milk. N-acetylglucosamine is an over-the-counter dietary supplement. Using mice for their studies, researchers found that the compound “promotes myelin repair in mouse models and correlates with myelination levels in multiple sclerosis patients.” "We found that N-acetylglucosamine activates myelin stem...