Microsurgery On Fruit Fly Brain Leads To New Insights Into Irreparable Nerve Injuries
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 19:35
in Health & Medicine
Every year, millions of people are confronted with potentially irreparable brain or spinal cord injuries resulting from traffic accidents. Because the nerves in a damaged spinal cord cannot, or cannot fully, be repaired, the patient remains (partially) paralyzed. Now, scientists have successfully developed a simple model that enables the study of injured brain tissue.
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