Cell's Split Personality Is A Major Discovery Into Neurological Diseases

Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 18:14 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have discovered that cells which normally support nerve cell (neuron) survival also play an active and major role in the death of neurons in the eye. The findings may lead to more streamlined therapies for a variety of acute and chronic neurological disorders, including glaucoma and retinal artery occlusion.

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