- Researchers in Canada discover low levels of brain chemicals in sufferers
- Trials are already underway and could speed the drug’s release for general use
Doctors have made an ‘exciting’ breakthrough that could lead to a new treatment to stop – or even reverse the symptoms – of multiple sclerosis.
Researchers have discovered that people with MS have significantly lower levels of brain chemicals called neuro-steroids.
Neuro-steroids help build brain cells and maintain their function, connecting different areas of activity in the brain.
Scientists and neurologists at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada believe that it would be possible to replace the missing chemical with a daily pill that would represent a completely different way of dealing with the disease that affects more than 85,000 people in the UK.
Dr Chris Power announced the discovery in a research paper in the latest issue of Brain.
He said: ‘This frankly is an exciting breakthrough and has huge potential. The role of neurosteroids in the brain has been known for some time but no one thought – until now – that they might play a role in MS.’
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