May-might-potential

I think that those are the most useless words in the English language. Any time I look up new research in the field of remyelination (The science of filling up the holes in my brain), I see an onslaught of these words.

There are studies looking at how “Taurine Enhances Remyelination In Multiple Sclerosis Damage” and “Oligodendrocyte differentiation into mature myelin generating cells”. Did that sound like a string of un-pronouncable words? Do not worry. These are usually followed or precurs-ed by a ‘may’, ‘might’ or ‘potential’. And then it starts to look increasingly clear that the research is progressing at a snail’s pace.

I get how the effort is in the right direction. But…

Oh and did I say I hate mice?

Here is what I was looking at today:

https://sciencebeta.com/taurine-oligodendrocyte-maturation/