Scott Johnson, a MS sufferer, left Silicon Valley to found this
Center, motivated by the question, why did it take so long for there
to be cure.
He is reported as changing the model of how research works. He is
said to ask the question of
how could myelin be fixed, thereby making research, clinical science,
more patient focused.
The PBS newshour news story-- just heard-- Thursday 9/23/10
focused on academic scientists at UCSF.
This made me very excited--- because what we share with MS is the
loss of myelin and
if a fix/restore is found for this, life would be wonderful.
I looked it up online-- it's called Foundation, not "center" as the
reporter said.
http://www.myelinrepair.org/myelin_repair/
" The Myelin Repair Foundation has brought together an aggressive
plan with the right scientific team. The result: We're speeding the
time it takes to develop and move scientific discoveries from the
laboratory to the MS patient - making the process up to twice as
fast. Our scientific team's accomplishments include the following:
* Identified over 150 potential myelin repair targets.
* Identified 24 new research tools that may have application
across all neurological disease research.
* Identified 20 patentable inventions; First patent awarded in
2008. Second patent awarded in 2010.
* Published more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals"
Akua
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