According to a finding Nano particles could prevent the immune system from attack of multiple sclerosis (MS) a debilitating nerve disease diagnosed between 20 and 40 years. MS affects any area of the brain optic nerve and spinal cord damaging the myelin sheath which protects the nerve cells slowing down or halting exchange of nerve signals. The symptoms vary from mild limb numbness to paralysis and blindness. ‘This finding (based on mice models) could potentially be used to halt auto-immune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis and immune-mediated diseases such as food allergy and asthma’ said Nicholas
