Coaxing Injured Nerves to Regrow

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The adult central nervous system has only a limited ability to repair itself. That's why spinal cord injuries leave people permanently paralyzed. Now a study with mice finds that removing a particular signaling molecule in adult neurons restores their ability to regenerate damaged axons, the long extensions that convey signals from one neuron to another. The find potentially paves the way for repairing spinal cords and other nervous system injuries

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New Rhode Island Hospital study shows higher rates of trampoline injuries

bianjie submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.eurekalert.org)

Study by Rhode Island Hospital researchers on data from 2000-2005 show 531,378 trampoline-related injuries over the study period, with 95 percent of those injuries occurring on home tramplines.

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