Scientists bridge' spinal injury nerve gap

Source: The Plain Dealer
Posted: July 12, 2006

Summary:

Researchers have devised a way to make nerve fibers grow a "bridge" across gaps in rats' damaged spinal cords. The new technique, reported in the July 12th edition of Journal of Neuroscience, successfully re-established some neural connections and restored a "considerable" amount of movement in five of seven partially paralyzed rats, according to the researchers.