Newly discovered leukodystrophy in children: Potential cure

Medical researchers have uncovered a novel disease of children affecting the brain white matter — the myelin sheath –, leading to severe incapacity and death in some cases. These defects were corrected by a treatment with fingolimod, a drug in use for multiple sclerosis which interferes with this pathway.

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