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Article: Spinal cord nerve cells receive a boost.
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- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- October 30, 2004
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2004 OCT 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two studies presented at the 129th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association (ANA) in Toronto describe substances that could help protect nerve cells in the spinal cord, following either injury or in neurodegenerative diseases.
One study describes a "growth factor" that can help damaged nerve fibers to grow back toward their original targets. Another demonstrates that an antibiotic called minocycline can protect nerve cells from dying when their nerve fibers have been damaged. Both studies have implications for disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (commonly called Lou Gehrig disease in the United ...