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Nature 420, 39-40 (7 November 2002) | doi:10.1038/420039a

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Medicine: Tackling multiple sclerosis

Hartmut Wekerle

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New work in mice finds that certain anti-cholesterol drugs can reduce symptoms of disease in brain autoimmune disorders that are akin to human multiple sclerosis. There are also hints as to how the drugs might work.

Multiple sclerosis owes its enormous socioeconomic importance to several factors. Worldwide, as many as one million people are affected by the disease.