The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has awarded a $3.4 million grant to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers to study the disease.
The researchers, led by Professor Ian Duncan of the School of Veterinary Medicine, will attempt to develop new ways to repair and protect the nervous system in patients with multiple sclerosis. The research will include the use of human stem cells.
The group is developing cell transplant techniques, which might someday be used to repair nervous system fibers.