Researchers discover target molecule to repair injured nerve
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:29 am
A team of investigators at UC Davis and Shriners Hospital have discovered that a factor in the embryonic development of brain cells is an important target for developing new drugs and stem cell therapies to treat patients who have lost function from multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke and other “demyelinating” diseases and injuries.
The study, which was conducted in mice, appears online today in Scientific Reports, a new primary research, open-access journal from the publishers of Nature.... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/1398