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Upcoming Webcast on Nervous System Repair

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:22 am
by patientx
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/n ... x?nid=4355

Looks like it could be interesting.

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:15 am
by scorpion
I especially like the part about treatment being on the horizon....

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:46 am
by patientx
scorpion wrote:I especially like the part about treatment being on the horizon....
I know - it's been an awfully long horizon.

Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:54 am
by sou
A few thousands of years and counting...

Since the mitochondrial DNA of our neurons seems quite damaged (aging) throughout the CNS, I really doubt there is anything to expect during our lives. Perhaps people with spinal cord injuries but not us.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16254697
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17950360

Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:07 am
by L
And my neurologist is on the panel. I look forward to hearing him.

Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:29 pm
by Brainteaser
Surely if these people had anything of substance to contribute, we would have heard about it by now.