Patients suffering from long-term disability of MS (multiple sclerosis) now can heal using a vitamin.
MS a disease of central nervous system causing the breakdown of a fatty protein-‘myelin sheath’ covering nerve fibres demolishes the ability of conducting impulses to and from brain.
A form of vitamin B3 called ‘Nicotinamide’ can help to prevent MS. Trials were conducted on mice giving dose of nicotinamide which resulted in protection of nerve cell from loss of myelin.
No trials are done on humans, yet. It is also not clear that nicotinamide may work for human recovery from MS.
The study requires more research to be done in this regard. With it, MS patients may hope to get a treatment from the prolonged disease as soon as trails to be introduced on humans.
Via: BBC