Early protein processes crucial to formation and layering of myelin membrane

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 05:21 in Physics & Chemistry

New findings from an international team of researchers probing the nerve-insulating myelin sheath were bolstered by the work of Boston College biologists, who used x-rays to uncover how mutations affect the structure of myelin, a focal point of research in multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders...

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