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New Therapy Makes Paralyzed Mice Walk Again – Interesting Engineering
Surprised by their achievement, the researchers are now working on transferring the treatment to humans. Read on!
Up to now, spinal cord injuries caused by accidents have been considered absolutely irreparable. This is because these accidents damage nerve fibers called axons.
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Communication interrupted
These axons carry information from the brain to the muscles and back again. In spinal cord injuries, that communication is interrupted and since axons of the central nervous system can’t grow back, it can not be restored. This results in paralysis for…
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