{"id":1879,"date":"2026-04-23T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/scientists-studying-yak-genetics-discover-myelin-repair-mechanism\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:00:47","slug":"scientists-studying-yak-genetics-discover-myelin-repair-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/scientists-studying-yak-genetics-discover-myelin-repair-mechanism\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists studying yak genetics discover myelin repair mechanism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/04\/23\/scientists-studying-yak-genetics-discover-myelin-repair-mechanism\/\" title=\"Scientists studying yak genetics discover myelin repair mechanism\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iStock-922659512-800x533.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"A photograph shows a yak in its native environment.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" loading=\"lazy\" data-wp-pid=\"161365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of scientists in China, attempting to understand the function of a genetic mutation commonly found in animals living at high altitudes, discovered a previously unknown mechanism key to myelin repair. The discovery could have important implications for diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), which is marked by inflammation that damages myelin \u2014 a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/04\/23\/scientists-studying-yak-genetics-discover-myelin-repair-mechanism\/\">Scientists studying yak genetics discover myelin repair mechanism<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/04\/23\/scientists-studying-yak-genetics-discover-myelin-repair-mechanism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of scientists in China, attempting to understand the function of a genetic mutation commonly found in animals living at high altitudes, discovered a previously unknown mechanism key to myelin repair. The discovery could have important implications for diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), which is marked by inflammation that damages myelin \u2014 a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}