The Myelin Project

The Myelin Project is a medical project intended to re-generate the nerve's myelin sheath, &mdash; a process called remyelination &mdash; destroyed in a host of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and the leukodystrophies.

The project's aims
According to their web site,


 * The Myelin Project aims to accelerate research on myelin repair. 

They also are


 * ...working very hard to put ourselves out of business.

Inspiration
The project was inspired by the real-life case of Lorenzo Odone, subject of the movie Lorenzo's Oil.

Conditions of interest

 * Adrenoleukodystrophy
 * Alexander's disease
 * Canavan disease
 * Krabbe's disease
 * Metachromatic leukodystrophy
 * Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
 * Phenylketonuria
 * Refsum's disease
 * Transverse myelitis

Treatments investigated

 * Lorenzo's oil, one treatment