Improving recovery from spinal cord injury

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 11:12 in Health & Medicine

Once damaged, nerves in the spinal cord normally cannot grow back and the only drug approved for treating these injuries does not enable nerve regrowth. Medical researchers now show that treating injured rat spinal cords with an enzyme, sialidase, improves nerve regrowth, motor recovery and nervous system function.

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