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View ArticleGene therapy improves limb function following spinal cord injury (University...
(Source: University of London) Gene therapy improves limb function following spinal cord injury Posted on 02/04/2014 Confocal micrograph taken from the lesion core following spinal cord injury and gene...
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(Source: Salk Institute for Biological Studies) The new approach shows how cells in the spinal cord synchronize many neurons at once to allow complex movements, which could have implications for...
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(Source: Columbia University) Jan. 27, 2014 The Vilcek Foundation named Thomas M. Jessell as the winner of the 2014 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science. Awarded annually, the prizes honor the...
View ArticleGene Therapy Improves Limb Function Following Spinal Cord Injury (SFN -...
(Source: SFN - Society for Neuroscience) Washington, DC - Delivering a single injection of a scar-busting gene therapy to the spinal cord of rats following injury promotes the survival of nerve cells...
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During the 1960s, neuroscientists Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall proposed an influential new theory of pain. At the time, researchers were struggling to explain the phenomenon. Some believed that...
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