Scotland’s battling a devastating MS crisis, with rates ten times the global average, while researchers in Edinburgh use zebrafish to unlock nerve regeneration secrets. But since Brexit, attracting top European scientists has become exponentially harder and costlier under rigid UK immigration rules—a “one-size-fits-all” system that stifles collaboration. Scientists like Professor David Lyons are racing against time, using genetically similar fish to map myelin loss and test therapies, even as bureaucratic hurdles mount. Meanwhile, hopeful breakthroughs loom—like an EBV vaccine and nerve-damage prevention—but frustration grows as Scotland’s scientific future hangs in the balance, despite government claims of global science leadership.

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