Silencing growth inhibitors could help recovery from brain injury

Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 14:21 in Health & Medicine

Silencing natural growth inhibitors may make it possible to regenerate nerves damaged by brain or spinal cord injury, finds a study from Children's Hospital Boston. In a mouse study published in the 7 November issue of Science, researchers temporarily silenced genes that prevent mature neurones from regenerating, and caused them to recover and re-grow vigourously after damage...

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