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Scientists Identify Two Routes to Nerve Cell Regeneration

Posted November 10, 2008 9:05 AM

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Injury to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, once considered permanent, may be reversible after all. A pair of new studies demonstrate how to override two biological mechanisms that prevent damaged cells of the central nervous system from regrowing. The first obstacle are genes that prevent nerve growth and the second are chemical signals that repress nerve growth.

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11/10/2008 10:02 PM

Wonderful news. Hopefully it won't take another decade for human trials.

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11/11/2008 4:43 AM

Another interesting article.

Looking forward to further developments, although it's hard on the mice.

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11/11/2008 11:21 AM

Kind of reminds me of the pig bladder pixie dust

My best friend growing up was an amputee (leg, below the knee) and probably gets credit for me going into mechanical engineering...I wonder how much pixie dust it would take to make a whole adult leg?

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11/11/2008 12:18 PM

Another "miracle" of modern medicine. Advances like this that improve the quality of life give one hope for us yet.

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