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Article: Hold back stem cells to repair spinal cord
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- The Hindustan Times
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- November 13, 2007
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New York, Nov. 13 -- A new study has identified what may well be a key first step towards the regeneration of nerve cells after spinal cord injury, using the body's own stem cells.
The study, by a multi-university team of researchers, has mapped the body's reaction to spinal injury - information that could lead to novel ways of repairing previously irreversible nerve damage in the spinal cord.
The findings of the study have been published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
The study sought to answer a question that has intrigued the medical fraternity for long: why, unlike other organs, is the adult nervous system unable to repair itself following spinal ...