{"id":12736,"date":"2010-05-10T11:30:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T15:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=12736"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:53:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:53:51","slug":"1-9-million-grant-to-help-ucf-find-multiple-sclerosis-nerve-ana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/1-9-million-grant-to-help-ucf-find-multiple-sclerosis-nerve-ana\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.9M Grant to Help UCF Find Multiple Sclerosis &#039;Nerve-ana&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A National Institutes of Health grant will help University of Central Florida researchers explore new ways to potentially reverse the damage caused by multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Lambert, an associate professor in the College of Medicine and a member of UCF\u2019s Hybrid Systems Laboratory, has received $428,000, the first installment of a four-year, $1.9 million project. His team will study the breakdown of myelin, a substance that coats and protects nerves inside the brain and spinal cord, enabling electrical signals to reach distant nerve cells and muscles.<\/p>\n<p>About 400,000 Americans and about 2.5 million people worldwide suffer from MS, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.\u00a0 The drugs that are available now focus mainly on controlling the inflammatory nature of the diseases to limit the development of neuronal damage. They do not reverse the damage caused by the diseases.<\/p>\n<p>To continue reading about Professor Lambert&#8217;s research, click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A National Institutes of Health grant will help University of Central Florida researchers explore new ways to potentially reverse the damage caused by multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders. 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