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Re-engineered enzyme could help reverse damage from stroke, spinal cord injury: University study – Mirage News
A rendering of the enzyme chondroitinase ABC (Hettiaratchi, O’Meara et al., 2020. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc6378 This work is licensed under CC BY-NC) …
A team of researchers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and the University of Michigan has redesigned and enhanced a natural enzyme that shows promise in promoting the regrowth of nerve tissue following injury.
The new version of the enzyme is more stable and could lead to treatments for reversing nerve damage caused by traumatic injury or stroke.
The findings were published recently in the journal Science Advances.
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