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Gold Nanoparticles Demonstrate Myelin Repair

Full article here, https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/892250

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Preclinical studies in animal models of multiple sclerosis (MS) have found that faceted crystalline gold nanoparticles can induce remyelination of axons and even improve motor function. The research addresses an underlying cause of dysfunction associated with MS disease activity.

“We are proposing that this gold nanocrystal can actually promote remyelination and fix damaged nerves,” said Glen Frick, PhD, MD…

Excerpt 2
Myelin Repair Demonstrated
In an analysis of thousands of transmission electron microscopy images of corpus callosum cross-sections, diffuse loss of myelin and patchy axons were visible after 2 weeks of cuprizone-induced demyelination, but for animals treated with CNM-Au8, there was “striking, visible evidence of ongoing myelin protection,” Hotchkin said in an interview.

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