PHOTOS: Blue Rats Walk Again After Food-Dye Injection

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 18:21 in Health & Medicine

Rats with spinal cord injuries recovered motor function after being injected with a blue food-coloring derivative—possibly opening the door to the first major treatment for human spinal-trauma patients, a new study says.

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