Tel Aviv University

The nervous system. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Is the breakthrough that will change the treatment of neurological diseases already here?

A team led by Dr. Gilad Levy in Prof. Boaz Barak's lab identified TFII-I (GTF2I) as a negative regulator of myelination; its elimination in myelin cells thickened the sheath and accelerated nerve conduction – a published finding