IDIBELL researchers identify a new leukodystrophy in children and its potential cure

(IDIBELL-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute) The Neurometabolic Diseases research team at IDIBELL and CIBERER, led by Aurora Pujol, has uncovered a novel disease of children affecting the brain white matter -- the myelin sheath --, leading to severe incapacity and death in some cases. These defects were corrected by a treatment with fingolimod, a drug in use for multiple sclerosis which interferes with this pathway.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news