A possible multiple sclerosis treatment?

According to Distinguished Professor Linda Watkins of the University of Colorado Center it's possible that someday the multiple sclerosis or MS, can be reversed or treat using a drug originally developed to treat chronic pain. Linda Watkins and her colleagues from the department of psychology and neuroscience discovered this compound called ATL313. MS is an inflammatory disease where the body's imune system attacks a protective sheath called myelin that encompasses nerves in the spinal cord and brain. As the disease progresses the myelin develops lesions or scars that cause permanent neurological problems. What Dr. Watkins affirmed was this drug just slow the MS but is not treating it because the lesions caused by the MS don't heal. The new finding was quite a surprise to Watkins because about 70-80 percents of MS patients suffer from chronic pain. That is not treatable. "What we had originally thought about this class of compounds is that they would calm glial cells in the spinal cord because their pro-inflammatory activations is what causes pain" Watkins said. They discovered that ATL313 appears to reset the glial cells from an angry activated state to a calm anti-inflammatory state that may heal lesions.
The source: Science Centric