New clues to why nerve cells fail to grow in scar tissue

Monday, April 4, 2011 - 07:02 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, has shown how the battle between two competing molecules can determine whether nerve cells grow and migrate or whether, in the case of scar tissue, they are inhibited, severely limiting recovery from damage to the central nervous system.

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