Source: Winston-Salem Journal
Date: January 11, 2008
Summary:
The Winston-Salem Journal reports researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine have found that a protein found in human hair may enable nerve regeneration:
"Human hair could hold the key to accelerating the regeneration of nerve tissue that has been cut or damaged by trauma, the Wake Forest University School of Medicine said yesterday. ....The study, published in the current issue of Biomaterials, reported that the protein keratin found in human hair enhances nerve regeneration and improves nerve function - compared with current treatment options - in animal research. Keratin is believed to contain molecules that regulate cell behavior."
