Source: Montreal Gazette
Date: November 13, 2007
Summary:
The Montreal Gazette reports researchers have discovered a protein to guide embryonic stem cells in order to repair injured spinal cords in mice:
"Montreal researchers have identified what might be a pivotal first step toward regenerating injured spinal cords using the body's own stem cells. The repair mechanism that works well in developing our embryonic nervous system seems to work in reverse in adults following injury, explained neuroscientist Tim Kennedy of the Montreal Neurological Institute. The mechanism involves a protein that acts like a guidance cue for directing embryonic cells."
