Researchers discover connection between failure to repair protective covering around nerves, neuron damage

Model developed in study will pave way for more discovery about important but mysterious process

By Angela Yeager November 05, 2024 Portland, Oregon

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Gregory Duncan, Ph.D., and Ben Emery, Ph.D., have developed new mouse models to confirm the link between failure to repair the protective covering around nerves and loss of neurons. The new models will be useful for not only the Emery lab’s research, but also for other scientists working to address MS and other demyelinating diseases. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Ben Emery, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Greg Duncan, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Researchers discover connection between failure to repair protective covering around nerves neuron damage

Ben Emery, Ph.D., and Gregory Duncan, Ph.D., have developed new mouse models to confirm the link between failure to repair the protective covering around nerves and loss of neurons. The new models will be useful for not only the Emery lab’s research, but also for other scientists working to address MS and other demyelinating diseases. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)