Recently I read one article in Science magazine "Dark side of Glia". In this article Dr.Miller clearl described about the how glial cells involved in the diseases. Most prominet example is Multiple Sclerosis(MS). MS researchers traditonally glia the victims in this disease, but recent work published in Annals of Neurology by Australian researchers found out that glial cells self -destructing. To read the full article go through the following link:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/308/5723/778.pdf
Dark side of Gial cells-Painful truth
27 July 2009
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Dark side of Gial cells-Painful truth