One step closer to closure: Neuroscientists discover key to spinal cord defects
Monday, December 28, 2009 - 15:07
in Health & Medicine
Spinal cord disorders like spina bifida arise during early development when future spinal cord cells growing in a flat layer fail to roll up into a tube. Researchers now report a never-before known link between protein transport and mouse spinal cord development, a discovery that opens new doors for research on all spinal defects.