Source: Tribune news services
Posted: June 21, 2006
Summary:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Scientists have combined stem cells with nerve-friendly chemicals to regrow the circuitry to move a muscle, helping partially paralyzed rats walk. Years of additional research is needed before such an experiment could be attempted in people. But the finding is an advancement in stem cell research that could one day help repair damage from nerve-destroying illnesses such as Lou Gehrig's disease, or from spinal cord injuries.
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