Experimental treatment halts hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in newborns

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 10:49 in Health & Medicine

CINCINNATI -- Inhibiting an enzyme in the brains of newborns suffering from oxygen and blood flow deprivation stops a type of brain damage that is a leading cause of cerebral palsy, mental retardation and death, according to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

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